Attributed to Manaku, Ravana in conference with Raksasa captain; Raksasa Army awaits (detail), about 1725. Ink, color, gold, and silver on paper. Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection.
The Tyszkiewicz Painter, mixing bowl (kylix krater) depicting dueling scenes from the Trojan War, Greek, Late Archaic Period, about 490–480 BCE. Ceramic, red figure. Catharine Page Perkins Fund.
Attributed to Manaku, Ravana in conference with Raksasa captain; Raksasa Army awaits (detail), about 1725. Ink, color, gold, and silver on paper. Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection.
The Tyszkiewicz Painter, mixing bowl (kylix krater) depicting dueling scenes from the Trojan War, Greek, Late Archaic Period, about 490–480 BCE. Ceramic, red figure. Catharine Page Perkins Fund.
What could be more challenging for an artist than depicting a battle? It requires capturing many simultaneous events, evoking danger and drama, and visualizing the bravery or cruelty of the combatants. Led by three MFA curators, explore how artists in India, Greece, and Japan tackled the demanding subject of warfare in their representations of some of the most famous battles in historical and literary imagination.
Anne Nishimura Morse, William and Helen Pounds Senior Curator of Japanese Art, Art of Asia
Phoebe Segal, Mary Bryce Comstock Senior Curator, Art of the Ancient World
Laura Weinstein, Ananda Coomaraswamy Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art, Art of Asia
Wheelchair accessible
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