images and words: 7/1/08

Travel in the East (photography)

>> – historical photos, history, photography

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"Womans at harem" (1870-80)

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm7/catatando/travel%20in%20the%20East/188.jpg

Constantinople. Mosquée d'Ortakeuï (1870-80)

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Pyramide de Gizeh (1854)

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Group of Oldmen (1860)

The exposition "Voyages en Orient", by BNF, shows several pictures and informations about ancient voyageurs and "fashions", as the "orientalism" of century XIX

Some pictures (as the last image) remember the paintings of Ludwig Deutsch, another "orientalist" artist.

tags: orientalism painting photography travel east

When diplomacy fails... (engraving)

>> – engraving, politics, psychology, visual art

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm7/catatando/AceDiplomacyF.jpg

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm7/catatando/SaddamAce.jpg

PsyWarrior is an amazing resource on Psychology of War, and the so called "Psy Operational". The author shows several historical sources on various subjects, like sex, motivation, war of information, and others.

The two pics above belong to a text intitled "Death Cards". The card is an element that changes in accordance with the conveniences (motivation of soldiers, menace for enemies, or operational references).