3 / History and Memory

• • Lienzo of IhuitlanMexican School, Oaxaca	Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of his SonsJacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825)	Memory Board (lukasa)Luba artist, Democratic Republic of the Congo	The Railroad Stations Were at Times So Over-Packed with People Leaving that Special Guards Had to Be Called in to Keep Order from the Migration SeriesJacob Lawrence (American, 1917–2000)	Surrender of BredaDiego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)	“Many fall in battle and King Harold is killed” (detail) from the Bayeux TapestryUnknown artist(s), France or England
    “Alexander Fights the Monster of Habash” from the ShahnamaUnknown artist, Tabriz, Iran	“Battle of Lanka, between Rama and Ravana, King of the Rakshasas” from the RamayanaRajasthani School, India	Column of Trajan Roman artist(s)	Stu-mick-o-súcks, Buffalo Bull’s Back Fat, head chief, Blood TribeGeorge Catlin (American, 1796–1872)	Memorial to the Murdered Jews of EuropePeter Eisenman (American, b. 1932)	American Marines Raising American Flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo JimaRosenthal, Joe (American, 1911–2006)
    Mulackstrasse 37, Berlin from The Writing on the Wall, Projections in Berlin’s Jewish QuarterShimon Attie (American, b. 1957)	Untitled, page number 21, from the Arrow’s Elk Society LedgerArrow (Elk Society), Cheyenne (active 19th century), Central Plains	Racing Clocks Run Slow: Archaeology of a RacetrackShimon Attie (American, b. 1957)	The Triumphal Arch of Maximilian IAlbrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) and others	The Triumph of Juliers from the Marie de’ Medici CyclePeter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)

expert perspective

David Bernstein Professor of European and English History, Sarah Lawrence

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In the second century, the Emperor Trajan waged an epic campaign on the Danube frontier. And these deeds were commemorated in one of the most astonishing works of art from antiquity. It is a hundred-foot-high column that has a narrow strip of relief sculpture depicting the events, highlighting the role of the emperor. Almost certainly people in England and Normandy knew the Column of Trajan. It was much remarked upon by the many pilgrims who had gone to Rome. Perhaps its narrow strip narrative inspired the design and format of the Bayeux Tapestry.”