BELLUM ET ARTES in Dresden
July 8 2021
Video: SKD Dresden
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden have opened a new exhibition today focusing on the role of War and Art during the Thirty Years' War.
According to the exhibition's blurb:
The convulsing war between 1618 and 1648 is one of the great traumas of European history. Famine, death and disease brought immense suffering and economic hardship; yet even during this decades-long struggle for religious dominance and political hegemony in Europe, art production did not come to a standstill. Works of art continued to fulfil a variety of functions, serving as representations of power, being exchanged as diplomatic gifts, documenting military encounters, and urging peace.
The show will run until 4th October 2021.
