Focus on this artwork and analyze the abstract.
The Apotheosis of War is a mid 19th century painting by Russian war artist Vasily Vereshchagin. Following his completion of the painting, Vereshchagin dedicated his work "to all great conquerors, past, present and to come". Done in oil on canvas, the painting depicts a pile of skulls outside the walls of a city in Central Asia. It is considered part of Vereshchagin's Turkestan Series. 
The painting is now displayed in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
Tretyakov Gallery Moscow Turkestan Series war artist Vasily Vereshchagin Central Asia