Scene of a cheerful soldier in an interior smoking a pipe, executed by Teniers
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6. Under a cloak of terror: violence and armed conflict in Europe.
Photograph of the work by Antonio Gisbert Pérez, entitled “Execution of the Comuneros de Castilla”, depicting the execution of some of the Comuneros in 1521
Image representing the retinue formed by the emperor Montezuma and his nobles, organised to meet Hernán Cortés and receive him on his entry into the city of Mexico-Tenochtitlán.
The image represents “El Motín de Esquilache”, a work by José Martí y Monsó, which received the Honourable Mention at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1864.
War conflicts in the Spanish Monarchy. The image shows the painting by Velázquez, entitled “The Spears”, or “The Surrender of Breda”, executed around 1635.
The resource depicts a representation of the battle of Almansa fought in 1707 in the context of the War of the Spanish Succession. The painting dates from 1709 and was painted by Filippo Pallotta and Buonaventura Ligli. The work is in the Museo del Prado
The image shows the storming of the Bastille, which took place in Paris on 14 July 1789. Its fall at the hands of the Parisian revolutionaries symbolically marked the fall of the Ancien Régime and the beginning of the French Revolution.
Anonymous Aztec standard-bearer figurine made ca. 1519 in volcanic stone, used during ceremonies. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Spanish soldiers advancing across the Americas, despite notorious opposition from the belligerent Aztec people and the military alliances won by Cortés. Archivo de la Nación, Mexico.
Portrait of Charles V by Titian in 1548. Museo Nacional del Prado.
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