The Art of War

race by another. Repercussion of mass murder embodies a different toll on humanity that lasts decades afterwards. In literature there are excessive amount of books about the great tragedy of the 20th century— The World War II Holocaust. Fetal tragedy puts a distance among relatives;…

In the second half of this semester, the Handbook of Epictetus and the Sun Tzu’s the art of war are the two book that were meaningful to me. The Handbook of Epictetus not only shows me the stoic philosopher’s thinking process but also teaches me how to manage my negative emotions, how to find the inner peace of my life, and how to cherish the thing that is in front of me. And for the first time, I realized that the philosophy thinkings could be implemented to and thus help to improve my daily…

In times of conflict, society has often turned to the arts in order to cope with and make sense of the world’s shifting socioeconomic and political matters. In addition to that, music and art have often been used as a type of call to action. Especially before the twentieth century, music in war has been used in the form of drum cadences for marching into combat, as well as summoning servicemen into battle (Dobney). The rise of American jazz music in the 1920s challenged traditional values by…

Art and culture have changed the landscape of conflict zones in Africa over the past fifteen years. With wars over resources in the Congo, and violence in Zimbabwe, what was once originally on the outskirts of problem solving techniques in places where power is shown primarily through acts of violence, art and culture have moved into the forefront of mediation and expressionist techniques. Although art is not a governmental, vertical structure for reconciliation or problem solving, it is by all…

The Louvre, also know as the beholder of history, is one of the most illustrious tourism sites in the world. The Louvre is located in Paris, France and encloses some the most eminent pieces of art ever constructed. Founded in 1792, the Louvre is composed of preeminent works of art including the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, Liberty Leading the People, and The Raft of Medusa. Before the Louvre was founded it served as palace for approximately two centuries. It accommodated many noble figures of…

Art therapy and Veterans Combat is an event unlike any other, it causes an extreme amount of stress over and over again. About 30% of men leaving war zones will develop post traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) (Coolie). “ In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.” José Narosky said this in a speech he gave on veterans day in 2010. He was right, men not left with physical injuries from the war are left with mental scars that will not be quick to heal. Art therapy can help them to work though the…

clean, organised, minimalist approaches of De Stijl a reaction against the blood, filth, destruction and chaos of war?” De Stijl, also called “Neoplasticism” was a Dutch art movement that occurred during the start of the 20th century. Translated into English, “De Stijl” means “The Style”. It was considered a social and a political movement due to its time, the era of the first world war. It began with Theo Van Doesburg and after meeting Piet Mondrian bonded over their love and passion for…

December 2nd, 1891. Dix was exposed to art at a young age as his mother was a seemstress and wrote poetry, while his father worked in the iron industry. He spent countless hours in his cousin, Fritz Amann’s (fig 1.1) studio which prompted him to start painting along with support from his school teacher. By 1910 at the age of 19 he began his first painting of landscapes. In 1910, he entered the Academy of Applied Arts in Dresden. Only five short years later, World War I began and Dix volunteered…

into Pop Art and what that could’ve translated into American society. I will look at appropriation in art to compare to the cultural values at the time and to go in depth about what it meant to Americans during the 1960s. During the 1960s, the time Pop Art was emerging in America, a war-consumed society was transitioning into a mass cultural embrace of media and art. Pop Art was the art of popular culture. It was the visual art movement that characterized a sense of optimism during the post war…

of media criticized this works because they thought that it did not belong for public collection. In Rhineland’s most popular daily paper, Walter Schmits in his column of drastic antiwar propaganda argued Trench depicted the worst representation of war. While the political discourse of Rhineland Palatinate at that time was under the rigid occupation of the French, who supported an independent Rhineland nation. He regret the purchase of this painting seeing that…