You could make a lot of cash if you were a yacht sea captain with military breeding and a death wish . Defending the border of a coastal estate was n’t the cushy job it was back in the twenties . But there was a sure thrill in launching a projectile from the deck of a ship whose bathroom was fit with a amber - plated sink .
French artistVincent Debannecreated these incredible riffs on classic struggle scene , using mod - sidereal day extremist - luxury yachts , to paint a picture that course of instruction warfare is about to get real .
Over at Fast . Co Design , John Brownlee utter about the political context behind these pyrotechnical visions :
Upon being appointed Dictator of the Roman Empire in 46 B.C. , Julius Caesar had a bombastic drainage area dig out near the Tiber River . He fill up it with ancient battleships and 6,000 prisoners of state of war , who were instructed to fight to the death as they re - enacted famous battles . Caesar forebode it anaumachia , and it was mean as the ultimate display of his wealthiness of might … As a commentary on the grow wealthiness inequality , Debanne ’s digitally modified paintings ideate a modern twenty-four hours naumachy , in which the yachts of the radical - rich go to war is to quench the boredom of their owners .
Read more , and see more pictures , at Fast . Co Design
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