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The Battles Hall of Novgorod to Escorial Possad

like this in a blog dedicated to the art of war, could not miss the reference to one of the oldest artistic representations of war that remains in our country, I mean the Hall of Battles San Lorenzo del Escorial Monastery .

painting military combat is particularly linked to the decoration of the Monastery, the work undertaken by King Felipe II to celebrate the victory of English troops on the French of Henry II in the town of San Quintin gala. During his reign, the military exploits and other warlike also were chosen to decorate the called "Battle Room" , long space that connected the royal apartments to the basilica and the school.

dibujístico With a pictorial language, very thorough in the design of costumes and weapons, in compositions of wide panoramas with armies and camps arranged, the Italian painters Nicolas Granello, Fabrizio Castello, Orazio Cambiaso Lazarus Tavarone and fresco painted between 1584 and 1591 several episodes of the most famous wars won by the English armies, such as "Take Third Island ", " battle of Higueruela " or above " Battle of San Quentin ".

The Battle Room is a stunning room of 55m long by 5m wide and 7m high, lighted by ten windows. This type of enclosure was widely used in the Renaissance, as it allowed to have inside the palaces covered large spaces where they can practice from the ride, to audiences, theater or music concerts. Their situation can be considered strategic because it communicates directly with the Royal Apartments, the Basilica and the College.

Given its great importance in the world of the sixteenth century, the decoration of the room was conceived following a political-religious iconographic program, wherein, for your reading, give full circle to stay. In the main wall is told "The Battle of the Higueruela" won by John II of Castile from the Moors from Granada in Sierra Elvira in 1431. In the first headwall describes the "punishment to the Third Island" by the English Armada. The scenes of the mullion tell nine episodes of the French campaign of Philip II, the highlight of which occurred on August 10, 1557 with the great battle of San Quentin. In the second headwall there is another episode of "The conquest of the Third Island." Stands out for its beauty, fine ceiling decoration based on grotesque. In 1890 he set the iron railing that runs throughout the room drawing by José Segundo de Lema.

The importance of these frescoes lies less in its pictorial quality as in their importance to explore, from an anthropological and artistic use of the representation of war-a reason for weak presence in English painting, as a form of propaganda. In any event is a must for any lover of military history of our country.