The history painting is namely the painting that regards the history affairs as the topic.

历史画是以历史事件为题材的绘画。

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But as a prominent member of the Royal Academy, he was well aware of the importance of history painting.

但作为皇家美术学院的院士，他也很明白历史画的重要性。

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"The Wounded Warrior in the Snow", a history painting, was bought by a private collector and won her a state travel grant when she was 17.

当她17岁时，一位私人收藏家拿出了她的一幅历史性油画“雪地中受伤的勇士”，这幅画顿时为她赢得了长途旅行的捐赠。

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Though there's no reason to think Zoffany was gay (he had a complicated marital history), this painting is full of droll homoerotic jokes, from the phallic outline of the slingshot to the similar object the winsome boy is holding in his left hand.

WSJ: Review: The Power of Observation | 'Johan Zoffany: Society Observed' at the Royal Academy | 'Turner Inspired' at the National Gallery in London

About 10 yards in front of the painting is an interactive kiosk that explains the painting's history and allows visitors to focus in on certain historically important aspects of the battle scene.

WSJ: Capturing Gettysburg | Objects of Valor | State Museum of Pennsylvania | By Mark Yost

His concern was never a book's place in the canon or a painting's in art history.

ECONOMIST: The story of Vincent van Gogh