The original French title "La Prise de Constantinople par les croisés" is harsher, "The taking/capture of Constantinople by the Crusaders"
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#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
and, not limited to a width w1059: https://api-www.louvre.fr/sites/default/files/styles/w0_hNaN... This image at 3688x2081 can be zoomed into
And the painting in full glory, at 15000 x 12415. https://api-www.louvre.fr/sites/default/files/2026-05/prise-...
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#13https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entry_of_the_Crusaders_in_Cons...
(and https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prise_de_Constantinople_par_le... )
give a bit more context.
Stood out to me:
> 498 cm × 410 cm (196 in × 160 in)
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#14The original French title "La Prise de Constantinople par les croisés" is harsher, "The taking/capture of Constantinople by the Crusaders"
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#15Unfortunately, we are unlikely ever to see any of Delecroix’s paintings as they were intended to be seen. Fading pigments and other factors make this true for every painting, but doubly true for Delecroix as he used a lot of new pigments that were very unstable.
There is the story of Degas standing weeping with sadness in front of The death of sardenopolis at the way its colors had faded over time.
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The fourth crusade was an utter disaster for Europe/The Middle East/Christendom.
Some of the others were indeed great and something like that and the Reconquista do indeed sound overdue. Can we do that without repeating the fourth?
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#17one should bear in mind, that Constantinople at that time was still Christian and most of the goods, that were ransacked, came to Venetia
and then mehmet came in.
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#19The fourth crusade was wild.
- let's go and reclaim Jerusalem from those non-Christian infidels!
- Sure. We're gonna need a bigger boat. Let's ask the Venetians.
- Here are your ships, guys.
- Err, we have no money.
- Sigh. ok. Go and attack our rivals over there.
- The byzantines in Constantinople? They're Christian.
- You want something to do, or not?
- Fine. let's kill them all, boys.
Result: Constantinople is ravaged. Byzantine Empire fatally weakened. Ottomans take the city 200 years later.
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#20The fourth crusade was wild. - let's go and reclaim Jerusalem from those non-Christian infidels! - Sure. We're gonna need a bigger boat. Let's ask the Venetians. - Here are your ships, guys. - Err, we have no money. - Sigh. ok. Go and attack our rivals over there. - The byzantines in Constantinople? They're Christian. - You want something to do, or not? - Fine. let's kill them all, boys. Result: Constantinople is rav…
They justified it by religion but they really wanted to rob and mug. And this happened many times across history and will continue to happen: people claiming they are fighting for an ideal but really just wanting to gain power and money.