Art painting air warfare seems to be the biggest controversy with the Second World War Official War Art Program’s declaration of accuracy. “You could paint a wounded man. You could express in the contortions of his body and the taut lines of his face the extremity of his suffering. The correct insignia and a suggestive background would show what breed of combatant he was, whence he came, where he was.” However, air warfare was different. War artists were not allowed on operations for their own safety and because of the limited space onboard an airplane needed for necessary personnel. Thus, war artists were instructed to paint air war from the ground. From the ground, air warfare resembled blurred colored lines because of their speed. At night, …show more content…
The Toronto-born Royal Canadian Air Force war artist, Eric Aldwinckle, used modernism for his painting, Invasion Pattern (see Figure 10). This painting is of the Mustang No. 39 Wing usually meant for Allied reconnaissance missions over France. While the aircraft is easily identified as an Allied plane because of its black and white stripes, the artist has instead focused on the patterns of the landing craft, arms and men moving on the beach below. “The Mustang is clearly recognizable for what it is, but the portrayal of the scene below demonstrates the artist's interest in the abstract forms and shapes of battle as seen from above.” This Aldwinckle artwork both literally paints the scene before him and abstractly does as well; this scene is probably what land battles looked like from the air. It is an accurate representation of the war from a new perspective. Air warfare presented a problem for accuracy in a traditional sense and thus a new approach was …show more content…
Southern Ontarian artist Carl Schaefer was an official war artist with the Royal Canadian Air Force and one of the more vocal war artists in the program. His major critique of air warfare was that because there were no bodies nor faces nor planes and because of the speed at which the aircraft flew, it was difficult for an artist to portray air warfare in the traditional sense. Air war artists had no experience to drew upon and so had to invent methods to accurately record this type of warfare for the Canadian Armed Forces. Accuracy meant something entirely different in this style of warfare. To better record and understand the war, Schaefer persistently argued his way onboard aircrafts during various operations. In Bull’s Eye, Night Exercise from Flying Control, Schaefer separates the viewer from the battle by window panes. However unlike most air warfare paintings, Schaefer does not show planes. There is no direct representation of a battle with a clear enemy, but the viewer understands that this painting is of air warfare. The only realistic traditional image is the window itself. Air war artists like Carl Schaefer conveyed a reality as stated by their directive but whether reality can or should be painted in abstract and
This can therefore be argued as reliable. It can also be argued that the source is unreliable as it shows only ones impression of the battle. Overall, the painting can be considered as reliable as it was created to show the Australian people and families where and how their family and/or relatives fought in the battle and other battles as well as to record the actions of the Australian soldier on the war front. The painting is likely to contain some bias as it was also created to show the atrocities of war but can be considered as more reliable than other sources of the same battle that may have been created a longer time after the battle by those that were not present at the battle or that hold a biased view against the battle and the Turkish
Washington and his men faced a cold, violent, and victorious battle when they rowed across the icy Delaware. The brave continentals were determined to attain a victory against their overpowering enemy. On December 25th, 1776, the valiant General Washington and his heroic crew conquered the Hessian army. The painting, Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Leutze, and the poem, “Washington Crossing the Delaware”, by David Shulman, highlight this essential and crucial moment of the American Revolution. Although the artists depict this event in two different ways, with two different perspectives, their works share more similarities because of their use of vivid imagery and their portrayal of General Washington.
In Sacco and Hedges book Days of Destruction Days of Revolt a paragraph filled with imagery and destruction caught my eye. It caught my eye because of its strong imagery, I was able to vividly picture the scene it was depicting. This paragraph depicts the destruction coal dust leave’s, through exploitation and mining, using imagery, structure, and specific dictation. Images are the strongest literary device used in this passage.
Before World War I, all of Europe in 1914, was tense and like a bomb or a fire was waiting to erupt. Europe had not seen a major war in years, but due to Militarism, Imperialism, Alliances, and Nationalism tensions grew high. Each country was competing to be the best by gaining more territory and growing in their military size and successful economies. World War 1 was waiting to happen and the assassination of the Archduke was the spark that lit Europe up. In All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque we see the effects of the assassination.
Tree frogs, maybe, or snakes or flying squirrels or who-knew-what.” The author’s purpose for using personification in this particular passage is to reveal how chilling this war is, how it’s unlike any other battlefield. Also, how it intimidated the soldiers. The war must had been alarming for these animals to behave this way, abnormal and out of character. Another reason why this war is horrifying.
Also, “Winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, America's second ranking ace in World War One, Frank Luke epitomized the reckless, undisciplined, loner image of a fighter pilot. He went after the toughest targets, heavily defended German observation balloons.”
In the book Fallen Angels Walter Dean Myers tells the story of soldiers who struggles with a problem involving what is right and wrong in war. Fallen Angels set in Vietnam during the Vietnam war, the story introduces the main character Perry, who faces obstacles, including death and killing. The author’s use of literary devices, specifically imagery, irony, and metaphors convey the theme warfare often forces soldiers to reconsider their traditional notions of right and wrong. The author employs imagery to express the theme that warfare often forces soldiers to reconsider their traditional notions of right and wrong.
First off, the difference in color of German aircrafts versus the colors of the French aircrafts that they flew. In Flyboys, most of the Germans flew red aircrafts while the French were mainly seen in grey aircrafts, this was mainly for the reason of the audience being able to tell them apart. In WW1, most of the fighter planes used by the German and the French were very similar in color and harder to tell the difference between (Aerial Warfare). Another inaccuracy in the aircrafts is that the ones used in Flyboys had radial engines rather than what they actually had during WW1 which were rotary engines. When the aircrafts are shown flying the engine case was not moving along with the propellor which shows that they were radial engines.
Hillenbrand depicts the battle scenes beautifully, describing even the most minute of details, to make the reader feel as if he or she is actually there. “The plane was gravely wounded, trying to fly up and over onto its back. It wanted to stall and wouldn’t turn, and the pilots needed all their strength to hold it level. Three Zeros (Japanese Plane) orbited it, spewing streams of bullets and cannon shells.” (100) She also makes the reader want to throw up with her graphic descriptions of punishment and torture.
In war, there is no clarity, no sense of definite, everything swirls and mixes together. In Tim O’Brien’s novel named “The Things They Carried”, the author blurs the lines between the concepts like ugliness and beauty to show how the war has the potential to blend even the most contrary concepts into one another. “How to Tell a True War Story” is a chapter where the reader encounters one of the most horrible images and the beautiful descriptions of the nature at the same time. This juxtaposition helps to heighten the blurry lines between concepts during war. War photography has the power to imprint a strong image in the reader’s mind as it captures images from an unimaginable world full of violence, fear and sometimes beauty.
This made the airmen distinct targets on the battle field. They painted the tails of their planes because they wanted the bomber crews to know they were escorting them. Ordinary pilots did a certain precision rollover to show you they were friendly, but the Red Tails would roll that wing over and over and float through the formation like dancers. When the carriers saw them they were happy. They affected the war because they were so good at escorting the carries it gave us an advantage in defeating Adolf Hitler’s crack troops.
War Photography is a unique powerful form of photography and very effective to get people to respond. With photography being new among the expressive arts, photography is expected to be an representation of what is really there and war photography calls on the objective of telling the truth. Images can be
Air Defenders served an important role for the nation during the Vietnam War era. The Soldiers of the era showed great resourcefulness and ability to adapt to changing circumstances when faced with threats and challenges that were unforeseen at the outset of the conflict. By adapting existing technology to serve in roles and tasks beyond what they were originally designed to accomplish and by showing great
Viewing Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware painting evoked a great deal of emotion. Upon walking into the room filled with American landscape paintings, the enormous size demanded all my attention temporarily making me forget about the rest of the paintings. The longer I gazed at the artist’s magnificent triumph, the more I felt a part of this historic venture. The painting is oil-on-canvas, and it’s not the only painting Leutze made. The first version of this painting was damaged by a fire, and the second painting, which is a full-sized replica of the first, was begun shortly after the first version was damaged.
This imagery lets the reader think of the gurgling sound. But it also lets the reader visualize the blood coming forth from the soldiers lungs. This imagery helps advance Owen’s purpose. Not only does Wilfred Owen utilize imagery in his work “Dulce et Decorum Est”, but Kevin Powers also utilizes imagery in his work The Yellow Birds. Unlike Owen, Kevin Powers experiences the war first hand during the Iraq war.