The Art of War

upheaval as a result of socialism, fascism and Nazism. The images she witnessed during working class revolts, civil unrest, World War I and World War II greatly impacted the art she created over her lifetime. Another factor which impacts all artist is the popular art movements of the times. Over Käthe Kollwitz’s seventy-eight years of life she lived through the popular art movements of realism, impressionism, post-impression and expressionism. Kollwitz’s famous etching of Woman with Dead Child…

The Civil War is often seen as the war that abolished slavery and reunited the North and the South. However, the Civil War was also an era of modern technology, changing styles of art, and breakthroughs in science. Inventions such as the submarine, telegraph, railroads, and the repeating rifles forever altered communication, transportation, and battle. New weapons like the rifle-musket and Minié Bullet are even believed to be responsible for 90% of casualties in the war. One weapon called the…

often give them the nickname "Jominian" and "Clausewitzian" to each other as if these single words somehow summed up the views and defects of their opponent's wrong world. Private character. In fact, Jomini and Clausewitz see many of the same things in war, but see them through very different eyes. Despite these similarities, their approach to military theory is fundamentally different, and the source of these differences can be found in their very different personalities. Regardless of their…

Picasso’s most famous oil paintings, ‘Guernica’. Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’ remains to be one of the most influential artworks of the 20th century. In order to challenge the boundaries between high and low art, Duchamp submitted a urinal that he removed from a bathroom to an open submission art exhibition. The work is the most famous of Duchamp’s readymades, artworks that utilise objects that the artist did not create, the original of which has since been lost. Duchamp created the work in…

Changing Attitudes in Art In the first half of the twentieth century, the world experienced events unlike anything it had ever seen before. From the pinnacle of prosperity to the horrors of hell, those who lived during this time period went through a multitude of emotions and experiences. Two world wars, divided by an intermission of a little over twenty years that included the Great Depression nearly pushed the world over the edge to an apocalyptic end. As a result, the perspectives from…

Abstract art is also known as non objective art or non representational art, painting, sculpture or graphic art in which the portrayal of things from the visible world plays no part. Abstraction was one of the mostsignificant developments in the story of 20th century arts. It consists largely of elements like form, color, line, tone and texture. It has its origin in 19th century. The period characterized by so vast a body of elaborately representational art produced for the sake of illustrating…

Lesson: Propaganda Art of WWII Grade Level: Fourth Grade Unit: How does History Affect Art? In this unit, students will look at how what was happening at a specific point affected the art of that time. There are two lessons in this unit: 1. Propaganda Art of WWII, and 2. Art of the Great Depression. Objectives: By the conclusion of this lesson, all students will be able to: 1.) Discuss the propaganda art of WWII and will be able to explain its purpose and how it spread orally [art history]. …

The war in 1914-1918 completely destroyed the old structure of society and there was a vast need to industrialise and expand economically. Artists no longer made work for the Church or the rich only and scientific discoveries questioned the old truths about nature and perception. By the 19th century, the world faced a rapid expansion in technology with the expansion of the media, which made communication easier and photography being invented amongst other things. By the 20th century,…

He is credited for writing “The Art of War”, an extremely influential Chinese novel on military strategy. Sun Wu has had a significant impact on Asian, especially Chinese, history and culture, both the an author but also as an important historical figure. Sima Qian along with other traditional historians place Sun Wu as a minister to King Helü of Wu and dated his lifetime to 544 to 496 BCE. Modern scholars however place the existing text of The Art of War in the…

through a lot of ups and downs but he continued to do his legacy which is to use art to express social and political criticisms. This criticisms through art was instrumental in awakening the general public to the reality of government oppression. Georg Ehrenfried Groß was born on July 26, 1893 in Berlin, Germany. He was the youngest child of Karl and Marie Wilhelmine Groß. He enjoyed illustrating things from the war, especially horses and soldiers.…