Editing Anachronism (section)

==Politically motivated anachronism==
Works of art and literature promoting a political, nationalist or revolutionary cause may use anachronism to depict an institution or custom as being more ancient than it actually is, or otherwise intentionally blur the distinctions between past and present. For example, the 19th-century Romanian painter [[Constantin Lecca]] depicts the peace agreement between [[Bogdan III cel Orb|Ioan Bogdan Voievod]] and [[Radu cel Mare|Radu Voievod]]—two leaders in Romania's 16th-century history—with the flags of [[Moldavia]] (blue-red) and of [[Wallachia]] (yellow-blue) seen in the background. These flags date only from the 1830s: anachronism promotes legitimacy for the unification of Moldavia and  Wallachia into the [[Kingdom of Romania]] at the time the painting was made.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} The Russian artist [[Vasily Vereshchagin]], in his painting ''[[Suppression of the Indian Revolt by the English]]'' ({{circa|1884}}), depicts the aftermath of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], when mutineers were executed by being [[blowing from a gun|blown from guns]]. In order to make the argument that the method of execution would again be utilized by the British if another rebellion broke out in India, Vereshchagin depicted the British soldiers conducting the executions in late 19th-century uniforms.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Art in December: M. Verestchagin on his Critics – Art and Politics |date=1878–1904 |page=ix (following p. 430) |volume=11 |series=November 1887 – October 1888 |url=https://archive.org/details/magazineofart11londuoft/page/9 |journal=The Magazine of Art |publisher=Cassell}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=December 2024|reason=source does argue that British would use brutal methods again, but doesn't say anything about anachronistic uniforms.}}

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File:Constantin Lecca - Infratirea moldovenilor si muntenilor.jpg|''Moldavians and [[Muntenia]]ns become Brothers'': 19th-century flags in a 16th-century scene
File:Vereshchagin-Blowing from Guns in British India.jpg|''[[Suppression of the Indian Revolt by the English]]'': events of the 1850s with soldiers in uniforms of the 1880s
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