01 Work, Orientalist Art, Francesco Hayez's The Desert Patrol, with footnotes #131

After Francesco Hayez

The Desert Patrol

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Desert Patrol, was a paramilitary force. Its main task was to guard tribe's  borders with its neighbors, as well as to provide protection.

As the sun dips below the horizon, the sky transforms into a canvas of deep oranges and purples, casting a warm glow over the rugged desert landscape. Alma, with her keen eyes scanning the terrain, takes steady strides ahead of the patrol. The soft crunch of sand beneath their boots accompanies the low murmur of conversations among the team.

Each member carries the weight of the day’s encounters, the silence punctuated by the occasional call of a distant bird. The air, once scorched by the sun, now cools, bringing with it the scent of sage and earth. Stars begin to twinkle overhead, a tapestry emerging as night approaches.

With a final look around, she turns back towards the path, her heart steady with purpose. The campfire awaits, promising warmth and stories, a refuge in the vastness of the desert. As they trek onward, the shadows lengthen, and the night envelops them in its quiet embrace. Each step brings them closer to the comfort of home, where tales of adventure and survival will illuminate the dark.

Alma was by far the most distinguished of women because of her many superior qualities, especially because of the bravery she demonstrated in defense of her people.

Islam elevated the status of women, treating them on an equal footing with a man. Women had a newfound independent identity, in the physical and spiritual spheres.

Islamic history is full of warrior women who fiercely fought for what they believed in, defended what they cherished, and defied all expectations and became legends.

The Warrior Woman is an ancient archetype that is not well known because the stories have been both forgotten and suppressed. Mythology is full of warrior goddesses.

Traditionally, the Bedouin were among the most dangerous of desert tribes, fighting among themselves when outsiders weren’t available. Constantly on the move to find new pastures for their livestock, they learned to live with the minimum of possessions and little external support in the harshest of lands. Loyalty to tribe and family was all that helped a warrior survive. More on Desert Warriors

Francesco Hayez (10 February 1791 – 21 December 1882) was an Italian painter, the leading artist of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan, renowned for his grand historical paintings, political allegories and exceptionally fine portraits.

Hayez came from a relatively poor family from Venice. He was brought up by his mother's sister, who had married a well-off shipowner and collector of art. From childhood he showed a predisposition for drawing, so his uncle apprenticed him to an art restorer. Later he became a student of the painter Francesco Maggiotto with whom he continued his studies for three years. He was admitted to the painting course of the New Academy of Fine Arts in 1806. In 1809 he won a competition from the Academy of Venice for one year of study at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. He remained in Rome until 1814, then moved to Naples where he was commissioned by Joachim Murat to paint a major work depicting Ulysses at the court of Alcinous. In the mid-1830s he attended the "Salotto Maffei" salon in Milan.

Francesco Hayez lived long and was prolific. His output spanned both historic paintings, and Neoclassic style grand themes, either from biblical or classical literature. He also painted scenes from theatrical presentations of his day.  More Francesco Hayez

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