Aqaba 1917 (1 Viewer)

[PolarBear]

During the Arab Revolt of 1916-18, a Turkish Infantryman stands his post along the frontline of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East.

Figure by Del Prado

 

[Lewey Gun Vick]

Randy,

Excellent!!

Vick

 

[PolarBear]

Randy,

Excellent!!

Vick

This is a result of going to Barnes & Noble yesterday and finding this new Osprey:

 

[binder001]

As always a nicely composed and photographed piece. If I had the time I would love to come study under you. I can research and build models but you have an artistic eye for composition and your photos are always crisp and sharp.

Gary B.

 

[PolarBear]

As always a nicely composed and photographed piece. If I had the time I would love to come study under you. I can research and build models but you have an artistic eye for composition and your photos are always crisp and sharp.

Gary B.

Gary

Thank you for such a nice compliment. I would chalk it up to studying art history for 44 years. Now that I am retired from the academic world the forum is my virtual classroom.

Randy

 

[REVWARBUFF]

Great job Randy! I agree with Gary. Your dio's are always of excellent quality and I enjoy every one of them very much even if they are not of my historical interest! All those years of being in academia has made you a perpetual professor. And to that I say, "keep on teaching us".

Mark

 

[PolarBear]

View showing equipment carried by Turkish Infantryman

 

[marco55]

Randy,
Thanks for all the posts.They are all very enjoyable.When I come home from work everyday I always check the forum to see what your up to.
Mark

 

[Andanna]

Gary

Thank you for such a nice compliment. I would chalk it up to studying art history for 44 years. Now that I am retired from the academic world the forum is my virtual classroom.

Randy

Signing up. Outstanding again.

 

[jazzeum]

Randy,

Were you an art historian. If so, I would assume you taught it. How about telling us a little about what you did and what your interests were (are) as an art historian (if you don't mind telling us, that is).

 

[PolarBear]

Randy,

Were you an art historian. If so, I would assume you taught it. How about telling us a little about what you did and what your interests were (are) as an art historian (if you don't mind telling us, that is).

I have a B.A. in Art History (Bowdoin) and an M.A. in Art History (Harvard), a Master of Library Science (S.U.) and my Ph.D. in Humanities (S.U.). I was Fine Arts Librarian at Syracuse University for 25 years. I first taught art history in the late 1960s at the University of Hartford (Ct.) doing the Western survey course, American Art, 17th C Art (mainly Dutch) and 19th C Art. While at Syracuse I taught American Art, Winslow Homer and Gilded Age America, and a course on American Popular Culture during World War II. Since retiring to New Hampshire I have taught my Winslow Homer course at Keene State College. My doctoral dissertation was: ’Still Dreaming of Paradise’: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ’Oklahoma!’, ’South Pacific’, and Postwar America. My great love is American studies and the art of 19th Century America as seen in the work of artists such as Homer, Thomas Eakins, Whistler, Sargent and Cassatt. That's it in a nutshell

 

[glossman]

Randy,

Have you ever considered writing a pictorial publication on toy soldier collecting?

It would be a great project.

Raymond.

 

[PolarBear]

Randy,

Have you ever considered writing a pictorial publication on toy soldier collecting?

It would be a great project.

Raymond.

The topic I would like to pursue is the link between the rise of toy soldiers in Britain and the evolution of its Empire. It is not for nought that Bill Hocker calls his sets Types of the British Empire. I have been fascinated with the British Empire since I was a boy in the 50s collecting British coins & stamps from its colonial possessions. Transitioning to collecting Wm. Britain's Regiments of All Nations was the next logical step.

 

[GICOP]

I have a B.A. in Art History (Bowdoin) and an M.A. in Art History (Harvard), a Master of Library Science (S.U.) and my Ph.D. in Humanities (S.U.). I was Fine Arts Librarian at Syracuse University for 25 years. I first taught art history in the late 1960s at the University of Hartford (Ct.) doing the Western survey course, American Art, 17th C Art (mainly Dutch) and 19th C Art. While at Syracuse I taught American Art, Winslow Homer and Gilded Age America, and a course on American Popular Culture during World War II. Since retiring to New Hampshire I have taught my Winslow Homer course at Keene State College. My doctoral dissertation was: ’Still Dreaming of Paradise’: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ’Oklahoma!’, ’South Pacific’, and Postwar America. My great love is American studies and the art of 19th Century America as seen in the work of artists such as Homer, Thomas Eakins, Whistler, Sargent and Cassatt. That's it in a nutshell

Some nutshell, outstanding.

All the very best

Martyn

 

[PolarBear]

Some nutshell, outstanding.

All the very best

Martyn

Yep a good portion of my life has been taken up by education