Archive for August, 2010
Search for war films and books online
War is often the subject of great works of art. Paintings, sculptures, novels, films and pieces of music have all been written in response to wars.
A quick scan on book and DVD sites can give you an idea of the sheer scale of work that has been produced about war. If war is a subject […]
Picasso’s Guernica demonstrates the atrocities of war
Some of the most famous paintings in the world came about because of their artists’ response to wartime activities and atrocities. Guernica is one of Picasso’s most famous pieces taking war as its theme.
Guernica is a masterpiece of huge proportions, measuring three and half metres by seven and a half metres. It depicts the bombing […]
War reading list: Kurt Vonnegut
War is often the backdrop for some of the very best art and literature produced. Many writers choose to try and get across anti-war messages in their work and few have done that with such incredible effect as Kurt Vonnegut.
Kurt Vonnegut’s 1969 novel Slaughterhouse Five has as its main subject the bombing of Dresden in […]
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