RUNNING HEAD: IMPACT OF WAR ON ART
The Impact of War on Art:
A Critical Essay
Art 205 701A
Unit 4 Individual Project
Jaymie Allen
The three painting I will discuss in this essay are Memories of a Civil War painted by Earnest Meissonier in 1849, Third of May 1808 painted by Francisco de Goya in 1814, and Liberty Leading the People painted by Eugene Delacroix in 1830. Even though all three painting are done in different styles the messages remain the same. All three paintings depict the brutalities of war.
Francisco de Goya, began is artistic career in 1760 when he was just 14 years old. He was trained by Jose Luzan, a lesser known painter, in the Rococo style of painting. Early in his career Goya worked as a court painter for King Charles III. It was during this time that Goya painted tapestry cartoons, "that revolutionalized the tapestry industry." (Goya, 2007). It was also during this time that he painted some of his most beautiful portraits of friends, family,......
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