Visions of War
Subtitle: Picturing Warfare from the Stone Age to the Cyber Age
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: March 14, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780312273323
Subjects: History; History - General History; Military; Military - General; Military Science; History / Military / Other; History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; History of specific subjects; Painting & paintings; Warfare & Defence; Military - Other
First sentence: today, the "big man" view was and is created by constructing large-scale images of rulers, such as the colossal statuary of ancient kings and modern despots; the viewer is forced to "look upon" the works of the mighty from an insect's viewpoint. The effect is owed, perhaps, to the universal fact that all people spend the early years of their lives being smaller and shorter in stature than adults on whom they are dependent for sustenance and direction.