The Trojan Horse

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The Trojan Horse, Henri-Paul Motte, 1874

Whether or not the Trojan War really took place as Homer described it is up for debate. But if you look at Henri-Paul Motte’s version of events long enough, you’ll assume he can only have been there in person to paint it as he did.

The French academic school of art made classical history feel eerily real. Motte’s work is undeniably “cinematic”, but given it was painted long before the first motion picture, that’s the wrong word to use — better words are composition, depth, and scale…