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'''War art''' is used in relationship to a sub [[genre]] of [[art]] that depicts [[war]] and [[military]] subjects. The works described as war art represent a broad range of subject matter and styles. It includes sculpture, and other artistic media. War art includes [[painting]], as a sub-type of [[history painting]]. |
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Although war art is an account of one aspect of art history, it is also an expression of culture.<ref>Brandon, Laura. (2008). {{Google books|kwg9g5vc4jUC|''Art and War,'' p. 4.|page=4}}</ref> War art combines artistic and documentary functions,<ref name="foss157">Foss, Brian. (2006). {{Google books|7t2FIJU1VX0C|''War Paint: Art, War, State, and Identity in Britain, 1939-45,'' p. 157.|page=157}}; excerpt, "records that were as much artistic as documentary."</ref> and it becomes one of the significant legacies of any culture.<ref>Foss, {{Google books|7t2FIJU1VX0C|p. 131.|page=131}}</ref> |
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==Definition== |
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War art by definition becomes an attempt to come to terms with the nature and reality of violence.<ref>Foss, {{Google books|7t2FIJU1VX0C|p. 124.|page=124}}</ref> War art is typically [[Realism (arts)|realistic]]; but its definition of accuracy emphasizes not only factual, eyewitness detail but also the emotional impression and impact of events.<ref>Foss, {{Google books|7t2FIJU1VX0C|p. 134.|page=134}}</ref> |
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War art is artwork conceived and executed by people involved in war in some manner. In other words, the subject can be parsed according to who creates it,<ref name="oxford">[http://www.answers.com/topic/war-art Answers.com] quoting [http://books.google.com/books?id=ro8YAAAAIAAJ&q=The+Oxford+Companion+to+Military+History+War+art+is+that+which+has+been+developed&dq=The+Oxford+Companion+to+Military+History+War+art+is+that+which+has+been+developed&hl=en&ei=LJ9YTPu0AY689QT9xLnsBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA ''Oxford Companion to Military History'']</ref> as for example, |
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* artists officially commissioned either to spend varying periods of wartime under fire or to be present at nearly every kind of military activity, in order to record them<ref name="oxford"/> |
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* servicemen-artists responding to powerful inner urges to depict direct war experience<ref name="oxford"/> |
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* sensitive onlookers <ref name="oxford"/> |
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War art may been created by a combination of the above.<ref name="oxford"/> |
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==Genre== |
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War art as a [[genre]] of [[art history]] simply to indicates a class or kind of painting which is grouped according to common feature. The grouping is marked by a distinctive adjective or epithet.<ref>"Genre" in {{Google books|350MAAAAYAAJ|Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge'' (1892), Vol. 5, pp. 135-136.|page=135}}</ref> War art is characterized by the subject matter it depicts rather any specific style or material used. |
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War art appeared in various forms in classical western art history. Examples of this genre include the friezes of warriors at the [[Temple of Aphaia]] in Greece or the [[Bayeux Tapestry]],<ref>Stover, Eric ''et al.'' (2004). {{Google books|WQyEXuuBf_cC|''My Neighbor, my Enemy,'' p. 271.|page=271}}</ref> is a linear panoramic narrative of the events surrounding the [[Norman Conquest]] and the [[Battle of Hastings]] in 1066.<ref>[http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22470&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html UNESCO], Bayeaux tapestry, [http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22472&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Nomination Form, p. 4]; excerpt,"... it is an established fact that it recounts a military triumph: the conquest of England by William the Conqueror"; [http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22472&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Nomination Form], pp. 5-6; excerpt, "This large-scale textile work of the 11th century is, to our knowledge, the only one of its kind to have survived to the present day. The Tapestry is an almost contemporary visual record of the event it depicts, one of the most significant events of Medieval times. It tells of the beginnings of the Norman Conquest; the landing of Norman and French troops in England and the Battle of Hastings"</ref> |
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==Propaganda== |
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War art has been used as an instrument of propaganda.<ref>Brandon, {{Google books|kwg9g5vc4jUC|p. 58.|page=58}}</ref> War art has served nation-building functions |
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<ref>Brandon, {{Google books|kwg9g5vc4jUC|p. 6.|page=6}}</ref> or other persuasive ends.<ref name="foss157"/> |
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==See also== |
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* [[Military art]] |
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* [[War photography]] |
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* [[War artists]] |
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:* [[American official war artists]] |
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:* [[Australian official war artists]] |
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:* [[British official war artists]] |
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:* [[Canadian official war artists]] |
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:* [[German official war artists]] |
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:* [[Japanese official war artists]] |
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:* [[New Zealander official war artists]] |
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==Notes== |
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{{reflist}} |
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== References == |
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* Brandon, Laura. (2008). [http://books.google.com/books?id=kwg9g5vc4jUC&dq=art+and+war&source=gbs_navlinks_s ''Art and War.''] New York: I.B. Tauris. 10-ISBN 1845112377/13-ISBN 9781845112370; [http://www.worldcat.org/title/art-and-war/oclc/225345535?referer=di&ht=edition OCLC 225345535] |
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* Foss, Brian. (2006). ''War Paint: Art, War, State, and Identity in Britain, 1939-45.'' New Haven: Yale University Press. 10-ISBN 0300108907/13-ISBN 9780300108903; [http://www.worldcat.org/title/war-paint-art-war-state-and-identity-in-britain-1939-45/oclc/166478725 OCLC 166478725] |
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* McCloskey, Barbara. (2005). ''Artists of World War II.'' Westport: Greenwood Press. 10-ISBN 0313321531/13-ISBN 9780313321535; [http://www.worldcat.org/title/artists-of-world-war-ii/oclc/475496457 OCLC 475496457] |
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* Stover, Eric and Harvey M. Weinstein. (2004). My Neighbor, my Enemy: Justice and Community in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 10-ISBN 0521834953/13-ISBN 9780521834957; 10-ISBN 0521542642/13-ISBN 9780521542647; [http://www.worldcat.org/title/my-neighbor-my-enemy-justice-and-community-in-the-aftermath-of-mass-atrocity/oclc/183926798 OCLC 183926798] |
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==Further Reading== |
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* Dempsey, L James. (2007). ''Blackfoot War Art: Pictographs of the Reservation Period, 1880-2000. Normanm Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. 13-ISBN 9780806138046/10-ISBN 0806138041; [http://www.worldcat.org/title/blackfoot-war-art-pictographs-of-the-reservation-period-1880-2000/oclc/70839712 OCLC 70839712] |
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* Gilkey, Gordon. ''War Art of the Third Reich.'' Bennington, Vermont: International Graphics Corporation, 1982). 10-ISBN 0865560188/13-ISBN 9780865560185; [http://www.worldcat.org/title/war-art-of-the-third-reich/oclc/223704492&referer=brief_results OCLC 223704492] |
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* Harries, Meirion and Suzie Harries. (1983). ''The War Artists: British Official War Art of the Twentieth Century.'' London: Michael Joseph. 10-ISBN 071812314X/13-ISBN 9780718123147; [http://www.worldcat.org/title/war-artists-british-official-war-art-of-the-twentieth-century/oclc/9888782&referer=brief_results OCLC 9888782] |
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* Ross, Alan. (1983). ''Colours of War: War Art, 1939-45.'' London: J. Cape. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/colours-of-war-work-of-art-history/oclc/122459647 OCLC 122459647] |
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* Thorniley-Walker, Jane. (2006). ''War Art: Murals and Graffiti - Military Life, Power and Subversion.'' Bootham: Council for British archaeology. 10-ISBN 1902771567/13-ISBN 9781902771564; [http://www.worldcat.org/title/war-art-murals-and-graffiti-military-life-power-and-subversion/oclc/238785409 OCLC 238785409] |
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* Yenne, William P. (1983). ''German War Art, 1939-1945.'' New York: Crescent Books. 10-ISBN 0517348462/13-ISBN 9780517348468; [http://www.worldcat.org/title/german-war-art-1939-1945/oclc/611620194?referer=di&ht=edition OCLC 611620194] |
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==External links== |
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* [[Archives New Zealand]], [http://warart.archives.govt.nz/ War Art digitization] |
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[[Category:War art]] |
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Revision as of 23:25, 12 August 2010
War art is used in relationship to a sub genre of art that depicts war and military subjects. The works described as war art represent a broad range of subject matter and styles. It includes sculpture, and other artistic media. War art includes painting, as a sub-type of history painting.
Although war art is an account of one aspect of art history, it is also an expression of culture.[1] War art combines artistic and documentary functions,[2] and it becomes one of the significant legacies of any culture.[3]
Definition
War art by definition becomes an attempt to come to terms with the nature and reality of violence.[4] War art is typically realistic; but its definition of accuracy emphasizes not only factual, eyewitness detail but also the emotional impression and impact of events.[5]
War art is artwork conceived and executed by people involved in war in some manner. In other words, the subject can be parsed according to who creates it,[6] as for example,
- artists officially commissioned either to spend varying periods of wartime under fire or to be present at nearly every kind of military activity, in order to record them[6]
- servicemen-artists responding to powerful inner urges to depict direct war experience[6]
- sensitive onlookers [6]
War art may been created by a combination of the above.[6]
Genre
War art as a genre of art history simply to indicates a class or kind of painting which is grouped according to common feature. The grouping is marked by a distinctive adjective or epithet.[7] War art is characterized by the subject matter it depicts rather any specific style or material used.
War art appeared in various forms in classical western art history. Examples of this genre include the friezes of warriors at the Temple of Aphaia in Greece or the Bayeux Tapestry,[8] is a linear panoramic narrative of the events surrounding the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings in 1066.[9]
Propaganda
War art has been used as an instrument of propaganda.[10] War art has served nation-building functions [11] or other persuasive ends.[2]
See also
Notes
- ^ Brandon, Laura. (2008). Art and War, p. 4., p. 4, at Google Books
- ^ a b Foss, Brian. (2006). War Paint: Art, War, State, and Identity in Britain, 1939-45, p. 157., p. 157, at Google Books; excerpt, "records that were as much artistic as documentary."
- ^ Foss, p. 131., p. 131, at Google Books
- ^ Foss, p. 124., p. 124, at Google Books
- ^ Foss, p. 134., p. 134, at Google Books
- ^ a b c d e Answers.com quoting Oxford Companion to Military History
- ^ "Genre" in Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1892), Vol. 5, pp. 135-136., p. 135, at Google Books
- ^ Stover, Eric et al. (2004). My Neighbor, my Enemy, p. 271., p. 271, at Google Books
- ^ UNESCO, Bayeaux tapestry, Nomination Form, p. 4; excerpt,"... it is an established fact that it recounts a military triumph: the conquest of England by William the Conqueror"; Nomination Form, pp. 5-6; excerpt, "This large-scale textile work of the 11th century is, to our knowledge, the only one of its kind to have survived to the present day. The Tapestry is an almost contemporary visual record of the event it depicts, one of the most significant events of Medieval times. It tells of the beginnings of the Norman Conquest; the landing of Norman and French troops in England and the Battle of Hastings"
- ^ Brandon, p. 58., p. 58, at Google Books
- ^ Brandon, p. 6., p. 6, at Google Books
References
- Brandon, Laura. (2008). Art and War. New York: I.B. Tauris. 10-ISBN 1845112377/13-ISBN 9781845112370; OCLC 225345535
- Foss, Brian. (2006). War Paint: Art, War, State, and Identity in Britain, 1939-45. New Haven: Yale University Press. 10-ISBN 0300108907/13-ISBN 9780300108903; OCLC 166478725
- McCloskey, Barbara. (2005). Artists of World War II. Westport: Greenwood Press. 10-ISBN 0313321531/13-ISBN 9780313321535; OCLC 475496457
- Stover, Eric and Harvey M. Weinstein. (2004). My Neighbor, my Enemy: Justice and Community in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 10-ISBN 0521834953/13-ISBN 9780521834957; 10-ISBN 0521542642/13-ISBN 9780521542647; OCLC 183926798
Further Reading
- Dempsey, L James. (2007). Blackfoot War Art: Pictographs of the Reservation Period, 1880-2000. Normanm Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. 13-ISBN 9780806138046/10-ISBN 0806138041; OCLC 70839712
- Gilkey, Gordon. War Art of the Third Reich. Bennington, Vermont: International Graphics Corporation, 1982). 10-ISBN 0865560188/13-ISBN 9780865560185; OCLC 223704492
- Harries, Meirion and Suzie Harries. (1983). The War Artists: British Official War Art of the Twentieth Century. London: Michael Joseph. 10-ISBN 071812314X/13-ISBN 9780718123147; OCLC 9888782
- Ross, Alan. (1983). Colours of War: War Art, 1939-45. London: J. Cape. OCLC 122459647
- Thorniley-Walker, Jane. (2006). War Art: Murals and Graffiti - Military Life, Power and Subversion. Bootham: Council for British archaeology. 10-ISBN 1902771567/13-ISBN 9781902771564; OCLC 238785409
- Yenne, William P. (1983). German War Art, 1939-1945. New York: Crescent Books. 10-ISBN 0517348462/13-ISBN 9780517348468; OCLC 611620194