Cindy's Early Modern Blog Exhibit

Paths of Glory: Nevinson,CRW~1917

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 This painting was created in Britain and is currently located in the Imperial War Museum in London. This is one of Nevinson's most famous paintings. The painting is showing two dead British soldiers laying on the ground, abandoned. Sadly, this happened quite often in WW1 because the amount of casualties were too many to keep up with. You can see how the ground is littered with all sorts of things and the wire fence is worn out, showing that there has been a long battle happening on those grounds. The artist used a lot of colors and it almost looks sloppy, but it gives you that feeling of a war happening because of the "messy" look. It is a very sad piece of art and I don't believe I would own it just because there are dead soldiers in it and I wouldn't want to look at it everyday. The history behind this piece is incredible and a great representation of WW1 and the soldiers who didn't make it back.


A Battery Shelled: Percy Wyndham Lewis~1919

Percy Wyndham Lewis – A Battery Shelled, 1919


This painting was created in Great Britain and is currently located in the Imperial War Museum in London. In the painting, it shows three officers standing guard in front of ammunition and in front of them are soldiers working with clouds of smoke emerging from the surrounding buildings. This painting is representing all the soldiers that were worked to the max while others not so much. The painting has a textured look to it. The ground is wavy looking like harsh water and the smoke is rigid like it would hurt when falling down. To me, this looks like a more child-like painting than most of the art pieces seen about war. It's not one of my favorites and I definitely wouldn't have it in my house because I just don't really like the way it looks or the meaning behind it. 


 Ending of the War, Starting Home: Horace Pippin~1933

A dark painting of jubilant soldiers framed in a wooden frame with symbols of war attached 


This painting was created in America and is currently located in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In this painting, there are soldiers in and around the bunker while there are wooden objects that are on fire being thrown around and at them. The artist painted this from an experience he had when he was fighting in the war. He was traumatized when returning home and art helped ease his jitters. The artist used dark colors to represent the horror that is war itself. The frame around the painting is wood with grenades on top of it, which I think is pretty unique because most artists don't add a border around their art. I would not own this piece because the meaning behind it is so sad and looking at the painting you can just feel the cold air filled with smoke and terrified soldiers. 

Sources: 

“The Ending of the War, Starting Home.” Philadelphia Museum of Art, https://www.philamuseum.org/collection/object/46280

“World War I and American Art Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.” Antiques And The Arts Weekly, 3 Jan. 2017, https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/world-war-i-and-american-art/ 

“A Battery Shelled.” A Battery Shelled | Art UK, https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/a-battery-shelled-6493

“A Battery Shelled.” Imperial War Museums, https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/16688 

“Paths of Glory.” Imperial War Museums, https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/20211

“Paths of Glory.” Paths of Glory | Art UK,  https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/paths-of-glory-6645

Comments

  1. Ava LerNovember 7, 2021 at 9:49 PM

    Cindy,

    I see what you mean by "messy", it does carry a sense of franticness. You mention how you don't connect as well with the second painting because of the meaning. Sometimes it helps me to think of art as a way to bring about social change. As you know from this class art can have many purposes. Thanks for sharing some nice pieces centered around war. It is defiantly reminds me of the respect and honor veterans deserve.
    Best, Ava

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  2. Iona S.November 8, 2021 at 1:41 PM

    Hello Cindy, your blog presentation was quite impressive. It was enlightening to read about WWI and its significance in the world. I think there is a lot to be taught since WWI holds so much history between nations and different societies. The third art piece moved me the most since the artist experienced this scenario firsthand. It is quite heartbreaking to learn the reality for the soldiers who sacrifice their lives for their nation. It is also a quite interesting piece, it is well put together and reminds me of a diorama.

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  3. UAF Hawk BlogNovember 8, 2021 at 5:10 PM

    I agree with you that messy look gives the feeling of war happening in the Paths of Glory. It is also a great representation of what was happening during that time. I don’t think I would like to own this picture or have to look at everyday either.
    A Battery Shelled does look more child-like than most other paintings of it. It looks too busy to me and is hard to focus on. I am not a fan of this one.
    The Ending of war, Starting Home is a very sad looking painting, but it is nice that the painter got to put his thoughts and memories of such a horrific event. I’m sure it provided great therapy for him.

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  4. kqwilliamsNovember 8, 2021 at 10:52 PM

    Hi Cindy,
    I find that a lot of my thoughts on your post this week agree with others who have already posted. Such as, UAF Hawk Blog stating the messing look gives a feeling of war, action, an event of death actively happening. It is dirty, and wet with great detail on the bodies of the fallen soldiers. But my orginalish thoughts on the Ending of the War, Starting Home is how interesting it is in terms of looks, it almost looks like a one of those 3d paper models, it is so cool, like I could reach put and touch the men celebrating at multiple depths. Great post and interesting works you picked.

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