[HN Gopher] The overlooked masterpiece full of coded messages ab...
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The overlooked masterpiece full of coded messages about World War
One
Author : rmason
Score : 21 points
Date : 2025-05-11 20:53 UTC (3 days ago)
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| brudgers wrote:
| For me, the art of the The War to End All Wars that impacts me
| most is the art that doesn't allude to religious and classical
| themes. E.g.
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| https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Sargent%...
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| https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/dulce-et-decoru...
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| They remind me of the importance of art as a non-commercial
| pursuit. YMMV.
| retox wrote:
| The oil painting Death of the Dragon by Evelyn De Morgan
| chiffre01 wrote:
| In the context of World War I, this painting feels completely
| irrelevant to the reality of the war, its causes, and its
| consequences.
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| Compare it with the works of Otto Dix or others who actually
| experienced the war firsthand there is no "battle between good
| and evil," there's just senseless mayhem.
| brudgers wrote:
| Otto Dix, _Der Kreig_
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| https://mapinacotheque.blogspot.com/2018/03/otto-dix-der-kri...
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| https://mapinacotheque.blogspot.com/2018/03/otto-dix-der-kri...
| sandspar wrote:
| TLDR it's a typical narrative article: "female artist
| overshadowed by her famous husband". Magazines like the BBC and
| The Guardian pump out these articles by the dozen. She may or may
| not be a good painter; her skill is irrelevant to the
| journalist's angle.
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