The Artist Richard Caton Woodville

Within a painting, the watercolors and each discrete stroke of the brush gives each element a diverse connotation. The Parade By Abraham Rattner, was painted in 1969 to illustrate the protests of the Vietnam war that the United States was involved in.This exceptional piece of art work exhibits the warm colors of the crowd and the fiery blazes colored across the skies, highlighting the widespread conflicts the nation had against this horrendous battle. During this time, individuals were protesting against the government’s actions in order to conserve tranquility. This painting captures the scenery that had taken place during these frightful days of war and the disputes happening internationally.

3.) A.) Figures 8.7 and 8.8 are both enlistment posters aimed at young men. What emotional responses do the artists seek to arouse in their intended audience? How are their methods alike, and how do they differ?

In Alexander Gardner’s Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War, the haunting image “Harvest of Death” catches one’s eye with the seemingly endless field of corpses. The jarring facial expression on the figure in the foreground draws one into the narrative of the piece. However, our initial understanding of the image’s narrative is limited to what we can see and what we know of the circumstances surrounding it. While we know it was taken during the American Civil War, by simply looking at the photograph, we cannot know who is depicted. In black and white, it is difficult to even tell what side of the conflict these fallen soldiers fought for. We can interpret the image for our own readings, but we cannot tell what the artist intended us to see or what message he wanted to impart with it. These unknowns, however, are addressed in the related text associated with the image. These short passages can tell us a great deal about the photographer’s intentions and influence the way we read the image. Through the excerpt, we not only learn the intended meaning of the photography, but we also learn about Gardner’s political intentions and the key points he wanted his viewers to note within the image. Published as a pair, Gardner used his text to contextualize his images and inform the way we perceive them. This is clearly illustrated in “A Harvest of Death” and its accompanying passage.

how beautiful ideals were painted for our boys who were sent out to die. In War is a Racket, the

A similar idea is used In Bruce Dawes poem “Homecoming”, he uses vivid imagery and other poetic techniques to display his opinion on war. He uses his unique Australian cultural context that helps connect

An artist's job is to interpret, and express the aspects of life in a creative fashion. War has played a big part in shaping our human history, and many artists have portrayed their feelings about art through paintings, and even monuments. Whether it be to show; the joy of victory, the sorrow of defeat, or to educate the public on the gory realities of war. Art about war can also show us a great amount of history of the kinds of weapons that were used at the time. It is necessary for artists to interpret, and criticize all aspects of life; even ones as tragic as war, It can make the public more aware of what goes on in times of war.

     The factors that started the Mexican War lay heavily on American shoulders. Whether if the factors were created by social, political or economical needs, they have all become the center of attention for the question of being a national interest or disgrace. However, the Americans felt that they existed for “…spreading the blessings of peace.” according to Andrew Jackson. There will always be controversy between the two sides of this matter, the Americans who feel that it had to be done, to the Mexicans who felt that it was an injustice done to their nation.

Was the Mexican-American war worth it or not worth it? This essay argues that the United States was justified in going to war with Mexico.

Robert Ross is a sensitive, private boy; last person you would expect to sign up to fight in World War One. In The Wars by Timothy Findley, symbols are used in conjunction with Ross’ story to cause readers to reflect on symbols in their own lives, and to allow then to dive deeper into the world of an innocent boy who is placed into a cruel war. The various symbols in The Wars provide for a graphic and reflective reading experience by emphasizing Robert’s connection with nature, his past, and his experiences during the war.

notion that the war wasn’t going to be an easy win, and the chances of winning the war

Painters enormously manipulated the truth in their portraits they painted since they aimed to present a specific meaning or feeling to their observers. One of the results, paintings of America`s wars especially before the Civil War had a

The early 1970’s, the period in which both pieces were preformed, saw the United States engaged in a violent conflict in Vietnam with protests and demonstrations sometimes being put down with force. Political unrest was visible especially among young artists. These young artists were at the center of this resistance and used their art to make their views known. The work in the novel has the added nuance of actually taking place on a university campus. Author Kathy O’Dell remarks that she knew that “the Vietnam War” was one of the reasons Burden pushed himself “to such physical and phycological limits” (O’Dell xii) in his performances. In the novel, Caleb and Hobart seem concerned most of all with creating art that is “noteworthy” and “meaningful” (Wilson 186). One of the most noteworthily things that can be done with their art is to create something with a political message behind it. In the novel, this message is not explicitly stated, it is more clear in the real-life version of the act. In 2005, Burden explained certain aspects of his original 1971 performance. He says “all of a sudden U.S. troops were shooting at protesting students… all of a sudden it [the violence] … took on another dimension”. He took the social unrest and unease he saw around him and used his art as a platform to start a conversation around the war in Vietnam and the prevalence of violence in general. These

The exhibit contained upwards of 20 photographs and at least 60 paintings. One of the most agreeable things about the works of art that I witnessed is that collectively, they assisted in recounting the sentiment that gripped the country during the war that threatened to sunder it. One could almost feel the initial enthusiasm as the war broke out, that was swiftly prolonged by numerous clashes over a period of years. There were works that alluded to an impending war, ones that depicted that war, and numerous ones that hinted at a hoped for ending in which the mightiness of the country would someday be restored.

Tremendous technological advance and tremendous slaughter leave an artistic waste land of atrocity, emasculation and pointing posters used to manipulate the public into recruiting men to join the military around the globe. Skilled illustrators in America, less inventive but artistic allegory’s in Canada and France and plain typography in Britain leave many artists busy with supporting the war effort. On the outskirts of war were a contingency of international peoples with little means and a negative view of European culture and war that chose to defect to Switzerland where they created the art movement known as Dada.

Source one is in the perspective of American artist John Singer Sargent’s, who travelled to the front lines in July 1918 and witnessed the harrowing repercussion of mustard gas attacks. As the result, his eyewitness of the event became the subject of his work of 1919, “Gassed” - a six-metre-long tableau depicting a procession of injured soldiers as the product of the use mustard gas. The oil painting is reliable as a poignant and powerful illustration of both the horrors of war and of the camaraderie and shared suffering of the soldiers on the Western Front. The reliability of the source can be advanced as the Sargent was an eyewitness to the aftermath of the event, and thus has a factual viewpoint on the issue. Sargent’s artwork can be deemed