and pleasure in the beauty of the world are characteristic of his landscapes
and genre scenes. But in his battle paintings he adhered to the tradition of
Critical Realism. Vereshchagin depicted war not as a romantic adventure,
but as a tragic error. His battle paintings are famous for their monumental
pathos and passionate pacifism.
The best-known work of Vereshchagin’s Turkish series (1869-73) is
the
Apotheosis of War (1870-71). It shows a pile of skulls againts the
devastated city. On the frame there is an inscription: “Dedicated to
all great
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