Christian Spanish forces during the Conquest of Mallorca, ~1230 AD
Battle of Azukizaka, Japan, 1564 AD (G. Rava)

I've been thinking all week about the work that @kandid published last week. The spiral is particularly fetching.

I want it to see it rotating and tried animating it, but it turns out that the barber-pole illusion makes it very difficult.

(https://jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2121451#:~:text=When%20the%20cylinder%20rotates%20about%20its%20axis%2C,a%20rectangular%20modulator%2C%20so%20that%20the%20motion)

This is just a test. Again, the original picture is by @kandid. Kudos to Thomas for his wonderful work.

https://elk.zone/chaos.social/@kandid/116268302802168347

#cavalry #animation #experiment

Battle of Vienna, 1683 AD
"The Ancestor", French cuirassiers visit the army museum (Jules Monge, 1921)
"The Ancestor", French cuirassiers visit the army museum (Jules Monge, 1921)
"The Ancestor", French cuirassiers visit the army museum (Jules Monge, 1921)
Drawing of a Roman cataphract (armored cavalryman), ~3rd-4th century AD