Samurai battle scenes (artwork)
The artwork, ¡°Samurai battle scenes¡± painted in the 19th century is a Japanese style artwork painted on a single four-fold screen in colour and gold leaf on paper. In the painting we get an overhead, almost a birds eye view of a samurai battle. Warriors are riding into battle on horseback, wearing armour and bearing weapons. The landscape is strewn with many bodies and horses and with the combination of diagonal parallel lines on the landscape creates the feeling of coordinated movement from the armies. Another factor of the painting, which catches the viewer¡¯s eye, are the clouds or fog overlaying the battle. The curves in the cloud also relay a feeling of smoothness and calm or even tranquillity, which is directly contrasted and even juxtaposed with the battle scene. This fog or cloud creates the simulation of a ¡°birds eye¡± view and another popular saying, the ¡°fog of war.¡± The cloud as previously mentioned contains a variety of possible different meanings. One such meaning suitable for the
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Some common words found in the essay are:
, Lord Ako, battle scene, floating world, riding battle, painting ¡°ukiyo-e, samurai battle,
Approximate Word count = 696
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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