History Blurs: Alexander, Turks, and Artist's Intent #shorts

Added: 2026-06-06

[00:00:00]There's this complete collapsing of time here because on one hand this is Darius and Alexander and this battle. At the same time this is the Turks and the West because the soldiers in Alexander's army wear the armor of contemporary soldiers.

[00:00:19]>> So there really is this conflation and again although I think the artist was trying to be very careful about the geography and actually consulted maps in order to put this together, we have to remember that this is not a historically accurate rendering in any sense. It is determined by its historical moment.