Illustrated by Adolphe Willette during the First World War, this La Baïonnette image shows the imperial German eagle wounded and forced low, its promise of dominance reduced to exhaustion and blood.
French wartime satire regularly used the eagle to embody militarism and authoritarian power. Here, the symbol is stripped of grandeur and made to confront its own limits.
A century-old example of resistance art: unsentimental, direct, and openly contemptuous of the myth of invincible empire.
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Illustrated by Adolphe Willette during the First World War, this La Baïonnette image shows the imperial German eagle wounded and forced low, its promise of dominance reduced to exhaustion and blood.
French wartime satire regularly used the eagle to embody militarism and authoritarian power. Here, the symbol is stripped of grandeur and made to confront its own limits.
A century-old example of resistance art: unsentimental, direct, and openly contemptuous of the myth of invincible empire.
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