Pic not an example, obviously. Most of the war paintings I see are romanticized to the point of being cringeworthy.
Are there any good non-romanticized war paintings?
Jayden Gomez
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Grayson Murphy
Check WW1 paintings for plenty of examples.
Charles Rivera
>googles WW1 paintings
Whoa, you're right. Thanks for the suggestion.
Sebastian Phillips
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Connor Green
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Angel Williams
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Jaxson Hughes
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Logan Moore
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Landon Parker
This was arguably the first anti-war art, from the 30 years war
Parker Murphy
Eli Hernandez
another of flanders fields, also the great war is a goldmine of pessimistic perspectives on war
Christopher Peterson
Google Otto Dix
Bentley Adams
The most famous one of them all is probably Gassed, by John Singer Sargent.
Gavin Murphy
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Nicholas Smith
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Brayden Allen
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Logan Long
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Adam Russell
From the Kansas State Capitol
Wyatt Torres
Anything by Tom Lea
Angel Brooks
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Grayson Johnson
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Brandon King
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Gavin Moore
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Noah Harris
Then there's Kerr Eby
Sebastian Rivera
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Adam Watson
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Jeremiah Cooper
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Lincoln Richardson
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Christopher Gutierrez
there is literally nothing wrong with romantic paintings
Isaiah Hill
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Sebastian Hall
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Jeremiah James
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Luke Miller
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Michael Turner
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Alexander Green
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Asher Martinez
Damn. That's powerful stuff. I wonder why paintings of 19th century battles and earlier tend to be more romanticized, and paintings of 20th century war tend to be less romanticized.
Jayden Edwards
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Hunter Murphy
WW1 was the war when artists suddenly realized that war was horrifying. Luckily WW2 came along and made war cool again.
Jaxson Hernandez
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Elijah Hughes
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Chase Perez
> I wonder why paintings of 19th century battles and earlier tend to be more romanticized
Height of the Romantic period
Tyler Lopez
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Jaxon Jackson
I've been looking for that painting for years, thanks.
One word answer, photography.
Before photography, most depictions of war focused on the actual fighting. Very few writers were inclined to write of the mangled bodies and terrain broken by a rain steel. Photography laid the grisly aftermath of battle bare in the eyes of the public for the first time.
Brayden Cox
He can't masturbate over how sad they are.
Jason Murphy
Another factor is literacy. The portion of the population that could actually read and write was much higher the 20th century. WW1 soldiers in particular wrote reams and reams of letters home, kept diaries, wrote memoirs, etc. Before, it was only the generals and the officers who had a chance to talk about their experiences. Suddenly, ordinary infantrymen could put their experiences down on paper, and their outlook as often much different than that of the officers. The regular infantry typically had a much lower standard of living while in the field.
Blake Brown
>Before, it was only the generals and the officers who had a chance to talk about their experiences. Suddenly, ordinary infantrymen could put their experiences down on paper, and their outlook as often much different than that of the officers.