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Battle Scene of the Spanish "Reconquista"


Battle Scene from the Cantigas de Santa Maria (no. LXIII)
(420 Poems & Music, ca. 1250 AD)




Comment:
As I marveled at the distinctly CUBIST elements in this ancient painting - especially, the slain blue horse & knight in the center - I searched & found the following Thesis: Medieval Sources in the early Work of Pablo Picasso (Erin E. Horton, School of Art, Louisiana State University, 2010. -- pdf)
Sources:
Cantigas, Oxford University Database & Wikipedia Article
Alfonso X "The Wise," of Castile, 1221-1284
Spanish "Reconquista" ca. 718-1492

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