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DIDACTIC GUIDE

ART AND THE INFLUENCE OF WAR

Military campaigns and numerous other war time events are depicted through paintings and sculptures by artists. Their work helps other people to understand the experience and the sacrifice of war.

In the last century, modern technology, such as photography, film, and digital images have been used to record the conflicts of war. However,traditional methods such as prints, paintings, and sculptures still hold a strong position in both popular and military cultures.

Today, it is common to find advertisements for the work of popular artists of battle scenes and leaders from wars such as the American Civil War, the Napoleonic wars and World Wars I and II in historical magazines such as Blue and Gray or Military History.

Artistshave been commissioned to record the various events that occurred in almost all wars. For example, during World War I, eight artists were commissioned by the United States Army to record the expeditionary force in France. Today, the same practice of hiring artists to record events reaffirms the fact that war does influence art.

War represented in art is very important in today's world becauseit helps to inform people about the past - a past that they may know nothing about. In addition, it reveals how wars influenced various philosophies and styles of art around the world. It also maintains and influences the morale of soldiers and civilians while involved in war.

"[Artists] gave graphic interpretation to the events that were happening." And during the First World War, it wasstated "as the stalemate with Germany became more obvious, the weapons of the patriotic artists became more and more needed to the maintenance of morale among the civilian population".

WORKSHOP

1. What does the tittle of the movie represent to you? Support your ideas.
2. Which is the role of the main characters into the conflict? Develop your ideas.
3. Which are the social and politicalcharacteristics shown in the movie?
4. Taking into account the movie seen and the article, do you consider that war influences the arts? How and Why?
5. Can you infer chinese cultural aspects from the movie? Give some examples.
6. Can you contrast Colombian historical background with the chinese one, taking into account the movie seen? Support you ideas.
7. Are Colombian arts and artists influencedby war? How?
8. The spoken language is not the only way to express feelings, emotions or disagreement, can you mention which other languages did you watch in the movie?
9. Does the theater in Colombia evidence a critical point of view of the society?
10. Did you notice any kind of prejudice in the movie? How? Sopport your ideas.



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GUÍA DIDÁCTIC
ARTE Y LA INFLUENCIA DE GUERRA

Campañas militares y numerosos otros acontecimientos de tiempo de guerra son representadas por pinturas y esculturas por artistas. Su trabajo ayuda a otra gente a entender la experiencia y el sacrificio de guerra.

En el siglo pasado, la tecnología moderna, como la fotografía, la película, e imágenes digitales hasido usada registrar los conflictos de guerra. Sin embargo, métodos tradicionales como copias, pinturas, y esculturas todavía sostienen una posición fuerte tanto en culturas populares como en militares.

Hoy, es común encontrar la publicidad para el trabajo de los artistas populares de escenas de batalla y líderes de guerras como la Guerra civil americana, las guerras napoleónicas y guerrasmundiales I y II en revistas históricas como la Historia Azul y Cana o Militar.

Han comisionado que artistas registren varios acontecimientos que ocurrieron con casi todas las guerras. Por ejemplo, durante la primera guerra mundial, el Ejército de los Estados Unidos comisionó ocho artistas para registrar la fuerza expedicionaria en Francia. Hoy, la misma práctica de alquilar a artistas para...