battlepiece

(ˈbætəlˌpiːs)

(Art Terms) a painting, relief, mosaic, etc, depicting a battle, usually commemorating an actual event

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Oddly, too, in ending on a note of violence (ekphrasis as originating in Homeric 'battlepieces', in 'shields and armor' (p.

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