Seeing "Vive L'Empereur"

Thread: Seeing "Vive L'Empereur"

  1.  General Kent said: March 06, 2012 01:49 AM

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    (Not exactly on topic but I digress!)

    I had the crazy experience today of discovering that the art gallery of New South Wales had the ENORMOUS painting known as "Vive L'Empereur" hanging on its walls.

    Here is a link:



    Although it may look small, the absolute scale of it is astounding, and I felt my guts move looking at the towering piece! Truly a marvel!
    Last edited by Ishan; March 09, 2012 at 12:52 PM.
     

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    OG Grenadier said: March 07, 2012 08:56 AM

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    Yeah mate. I'm a New South Welshman and I know the painting you speak of...
    "My God, I wish we had the 9th Australian Division with us this morning."
    - - Major-General Francis de Guingaund, Chief of Staff, Allied Land-Forces Headquarters Europe, D-Day, 1944

    "Australian troops had, at Milne Bay, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. Some of us may forget that, of all the allies, it was the Australians who first broke the invincibility of the Japanese army."
    — Field Marshal Sir William Slim.
     

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    VikingOfSixth said: March 11, 2012 01:29 PM

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    A better question : what particular scene in the Total War series flashed into your imagination while seeing this picture?