Poliorcetic Art: Orientalism Edition

On Papety's 'Siege of Acre'

You may already be familiar with Dominique Papety’s Siege of Acre, which is a fairly famous work of art. A dramatic scene, it adorns the covers of popular books on the Crusades, medieval combat, etcetera, and also gets used for internet memes. Ostensibly a rendering of events in 1291, when the Europeans lost their foothold in the so-called Holy Land, it…