The Painting in Adama's Quarters
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The Painting in Adama's Quarters
Found on Battlestar Galactica Wiki just recently, the Painting the Captain Adama has in his quarters.
Although it's nice, i dearly hope that the BSG: Caprica does not have Cylons fighting Human Soldiers armed with spears and swords.
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Although it's nice, i dearly hope that the BSG: Caprica does not have Cylons fighting Human Soldiers armed with spears and swords.
Zor
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The new centurions wouldn't need swords much, they've got huge claws. The older model, though...
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The idea of "This has all happened before..." permeates throughout the show. You can look at that painting and instantly recognise the theme, and how history is cyclical. If there had been a medieval history with medieval Cylons, no doubt they would have fought humans with swords and spears rather than guns and nukes. That's just the nature of their conflict, and the artist no doubt sought to represent that by depicting the current Human Cylon war in such a period. In effect it's saying "We've always been at each other's throats, and we always will."
I wouldn't be surprised if the artist happens to be William Adama himself.
I wouldn't be surprised if the artist happens to be William Adama himself.
Plus, the thing was signed as well. I wrote that before taking a second look at it.Destructionator XIII wrote:Nah, in Bastille Day, Baltar asked if it was a Monclair original. Adama responded that yes, it was, meaning the artist is someone named Monclair.Stofsk wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if the artist happens to be William Adama himself.
The battlestar wiki has a page on it too that says this same thing.
I think it's more an artistic choice. The painter probably considered it more visually striking to portray both sides using swords and spears than firearms, which almost certainly would be more accurate. Also, it seems designed to be a romantic or idealized portrayal of that war, or war in general, making it out to be a noble heroic fight rather than the vicious struggle for survival it surely was.
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Note the armored human soldiers prominent in the center, wearing full combat gear, compared to unarmored soldiers around them. They're all crowded around a dying guy. An analogy to a dying knight-type general perhaps?CDiehl wrote:I think it's more an artistic choice. The painter probably considered it more visually striking to portray both sides using swords and spears than firearms, which almost certainly would be more accurate. Also, it seems designed to be a romantic or idealized portrayal of that war, or war in general, making it out to be a noble heroic fight rather than the vicious struggle for survival it surely was.
It certainly is a 'glorified' picture, with the lancewielding colonials on that ruined building, the icon still standing. Damn neat.
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The Colonials' armor is pretty neat. Looks Imperial Guardis. Interesting that they're drawn with sci-fi-y combat armor but medieval weapons.
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