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The Hill of Slain / The Battle of Unnumbered Tears, Ted Nasmith
#there’s is something about this specific theme of mountains of the dead in painting#the apotheosis of war#the hill of the slain#something about the careless visceral visuality of it#look. here is a hill (!) made of the bodies of the dead#yes it is a metaphor for the unimaginable size of the loss#but it is also a very literal hill of dead people — making it a metaphor may make it easier to bear but it will not make it untrue#art#war