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The Art of War . How War and Art Help Tell the American History By: Kelli Reppart Art Teacher Berrien Springs Middle School. Revolutionary War . 1775 to 1783 English Colonist vs. Great Britain . Washington Crossing the Delaware Emanuel Leutze , MMA-NYC, 1851.
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The Art of War How War and Art Help Tell the American History By: Kelli Reppart Art Teacher Berrien Springs Middle School
Revolutionary War • 1775 to 1783 • English Colonist vs. Great Britain
Washington Crossing the Delaware Emanuel Leutze, MMA-NYC, 1851.
The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17,1775John Trumbull, 1786 Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Civil War • 1861-1865 • Union (North) vs. Confederacy (South)
Home, Sweet HomeWinslow Homer, 1863 National Gallery Of Arts, Washington, D.C. Civil War
World War I • 1914-1918 • Triple Alliance: Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungry VS Triple Entente: Britain, France, and Russia • United States joined on the side of the Triple Entente in 1917 • 320,518 soldiers dead or wounded and 3,350 missing. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war
Destroy This Mad BruteUS government related, H.R. Hopps 1917
GassedJohn Singer Sargent, March 1919, Imperial War Museum, London
World War II • 1939-1945 • Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan VS Major Allied Powers: United States, Britain, France and Russia • US joined December 8th, 1941 after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. • 1,076,245 soldiers dead or wounded and 30,314 missing. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war
Rosie the Riveter J. Howard Miller, 1942
V-J Day in Time Square(Kissing the War Good-Bye)Alfred Eisenstaedt, August 14, 1945
Vietnam War • 1960-1975 • United States and South Vietnam VS North Vietnam • Number of soldiers dead or wounded 211,454 and 2,489 missing Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war
(Moratorium) FlagJasper Johns, 1969 Definition: A suspension of an activity.
Iraq and Afghanistan Wars(War on Terror) • Invasion of Afghanistan 2001 to present • Invasion of Iraq 2003 to Present • Number of soldiers dead or wounded in the war on terror: 48,430 and 3 missing. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war
See the progression? Uncle Sam, WWI Uncle Sam, Vietnam Uncle oSAMa(?), War on Terror