Mickey's war. (Persian Gulf war painting)

The Economist (US) | January 25, 1992 | Copyright

THE art of war used to be so simple. When Cosimo de' Medici asked Paolo Uccello to paint the Battle of San Romano, the painter gave his patron what he wanted: a picture of Cosimo's friend, Niccolo da Polentino, winning a glorious battle. Never mind that the battle was a skirmish, nor that Polentino's victory was doubtful. He who paid the painter called the tune.

Not any more. When Britain's official Gulf war artist, John Keane, unveiled his paintings of the battle for Kuwait earlier this month, harrumphing could be heard all over Whitehall and the Home Counties. ...

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