Black Rook.The rook,the tower, marquess, rector, comes.History of chess map Women's T-Shirt

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A sketch (part of a serie of 12 works) made for my "History of chess" map 2 yers a go.This is the black rook piece .
The rook is a piece in the strategy board game of chess. Formerly the piece was called the tower, marquess, rector, and comes (Sunnucks 1970). The term castle is considered informal, incorrect, or old-fashioned. the medieval shatranj, the rook symbolized a chariot. The Persian word rukh means chariot (Davidson 1949:10), and the corresponding pieces in the original Indian version chaturanga have ratha (meaning "chariot"), while east Asian chess games such as xiangqi and shogi have names also meaning chariot (車) for the same piece.

Persian war chariots were heavily armoured, carrying a driver and at least one ranged-weapon bearer, such as an archer. The sides of the chariot were built to resemble fortified stone work, giving the impression of small, mobile buildings, causing terror on the battlefield. In the West, the rook is almost universally represented...

I am a professional full time artist living in Bucharest,Romania. I paint for over 25 yers in different technique :oil on canvas,acrilic and tempera on canvas,oil on wood,oil on leather,on copper or otheder metals,acuarelle on paper,watercolor on leather,egg tempera on paper or wood ect. I love to experiment with colors on various materials.My spiritual mentor is Leonardo da Vinci. My personal web site is www.vicart.ro "Vali Irina Ciobanu creates a concept of modernity as an opposite of abstraction, based on some recuperated easel practices of ancient age, some even in the Renaissance and having the spiritual support of a cultured audience. She creates her paintings using a very old technique, inspired by that of Leonardo da...