The idea is to portray two parties, locked in a perpetual battle. It's pretty self explanatory but I'm facinated the way history repeats itself and the cycle of war. And in particular the obsessive nature of ideologies and beliefs, despite, I argue, how dear and essential they may be to our being.
For me the two parties represent an obsession with the future and the other the worshipping of the past. And I intend to portray this from the latter's perception.
So I'm focusing on the style of religious icons for the overall piece. I sort of imagine this party sees themselves as something almost but not quite like the avenging angel. They're deeply devoted to their ideals and it's against their beliefs to kill but do so in order to defend their 'holy land', so to speak, from invaders.
The depictions of the Archangel Micheal give a good impression of what I'm going for:
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| St Michael by Guido Reni |
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| Michael slaying Satan by Raphael |
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