John Trumbell depicted war in his painting The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec. The painting is a 24 5/8 inch long by 37 inch wide oil on canvas. It is from 1786. It is now in the Yale University Art Gallery. It depicts a scene from the Revolutionary War. Trumbell uses vivid colors to show the liveliness of the scene. The scene is filled with action and movement. A cloth wrapped around a tree branch suggests this movement, as it looks like it is blowing in a fierce wind. Smoke fills most of the background, suggesting that the battle has just finished. Every figure in the scene is moving around or reacting to something, except for the dead bodies. The grandeur of thi

A photograph that represents my idea of war is On the Antietam Battlefield by Matthew B. Brady. This photo was taken in 1862, right after a battle during the Civil War. According to the text, actual battles could not be photographed because the exposure time of cameras of that time. For this reason, only the aftermath of battles could be documented in pictures. This photo was taken following a violent battle where about 5000 people were killed and about 18,000 were injured. This photo is an early example of photographic journalism, so it is meant to document an event, rather that make an artistic statement.

A photograph which depicts war is Marines Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima by Joe Rosenthal. It was taken in February of 1945. It is from World War II, and was taken after the US won a battle at Iwo Jima. The photo gives the viewer a feeling of triumph and victory. This photo has become an icon in American culture. It has become engraved in the mi

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