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The early depiction of war by artists glorified the subject and emphasised the heroic aspects ignoring the pain and horror of war as it is in reality. ... In more modern times, the reality of war, with its death and pain, has been represented by painters. In Britain, even now there is an official War Painter appointed for each conflict.
I have chosen ten works of art which represent war. ... Arnold in an article entitled “Representations of War in Western Europe”. ... Donatello developed a style which depicted the subject in a very real way with great anatomical detail in the representation of the horse and rider. ... As with the earlier works depicting military themes there is no reference to the harsh reality of war and its effects on the ordinary soldier, it merely serves to glorify the ego and promote the heroic stature of the King. ... This painting represents a very different aspect of war from the works already considered. ... Here the artist glorifies the noble representation of war with little reference to the horror involved. ... As all the people represented in the painting are real people who were there this painting has become the equivalent of the modern day photograph with all the participants playing a part in the noble process of war. ...
This battle was fought in 1634 near Nordlingen in Southern Germany during the Thirty Years War. ... Rubens depicted Ferdinand II of Austria as a glorious general victorious in war. ... His realism here did not refer to the horror of war but rather to give this portrait of Ferdinand life and convey the impression that this was a brave and valiant warrior, powerful in victory. ... As with the other paintings there is still no reference to the reality of war. ...
The painting represents the the massacre of innocent villagers by the French during the Napoleonic War. The painting shows for the first time the harsh cruel realism of war and it coincides with the beginning of nineteenth century realism. Goya showed his hatred of war and its atrocities. In this work there is no glorifying of war, real people die and real wives and mothers are seen to weep. ... His work marks a major departure from the way in which war had been depicted, realism was now to be encouraged and the real horrors of war were to be revealed.
(x) Guernica – Pablo Picasso
This work by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso completely rejects the notion of war as being a glorious enterprise. ... Here there was no classical glorifying of war. ... Picasso intended that this work should condemn war and in particular fascism.
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