Le edad de bronce y la de hierro en las q.ese manifesto la ferocidad del geno. hum.o · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Le edad de bronce y la de hierro en las q.ese manifesto la ferocidad del geno. hum.o
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: The Golden and Silver ages of civilization saw periods of peace, stability, and overall safety, whereas the Bronze and Iron ages saw the emergence of violence and war. This image depicts humanity when it entered into the Bronze and Iron ages. The image depicts a scene of chaos as everyone in the image is fighting and killing one another. The background of the image shows a city which is being burned by a massive fire and the sky being engulfed with smoke.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24926
Language: spa
Source Name: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Dn. Francisco Crivell y Adornados con Estampas finas por D. Jose Assensio [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian With Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell and Decorated with Fine Prints by D. Jose Assensio]
Parent Collection: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1805)
Image: mta_24926_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Warfare; Bronze Age; Iron Age; Mythology; Violence