The act of war has been depicted in art since the beginning of human cultural development. Three famous works spanning the neoclassical‚ romantic and post-impressionism periods have expressed a wide range of emotion by the artists when visually describing both the honor and horror of war. “The Oath of the Horatii” by Jacques-Louis David‚ “The Third of May 1808‚ the Execution of the Defenders of Madrid” by Francisco Goya‚ and “Guernica” by Pablo Picasso are three unique works that consist of a wide
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Australian art and war through the Critical evaluation of the art of one female Artist and one male artist of your choosing. At the start of the First World War there were no officially recorded war artists in Australia. It wasn’t until 1917 at the request and advice of John Treloar and Charles Bean that the Australian government recognised the need for and establish the Official War Art Scheme based on a similar structure of the British and Canadian governments. The first official war artist to
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The Art of War: Goya and Picasso War is hell. Literally. In an instant‚ in the blink of an eye‚ the world as we know it is torn apart and shredded. Normality explodes into atrocity as we see the depths of depravity that man can sink to. Even though their reasons for painting the pictures are different‚ Goya’s Third of May‚ 1808‚ and Picasso’s Guernica are testaments to the violence of war using specific events and symbolic features as their vehicle while their representations and styles are
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The oldest and most amazing books of Chinese culture is Confucius’s Analects and The Art of war. Both books are used to teach others and is full of meaningful philosophy. The Art of War is composed of 13 chapters‚ which uses the idea of philosophy to observe war and strategy. And surpringly in war there is a moral code to live by according to the art of war. The book‚ Confucius Analects used teachings to change the future of the people. The theme in this book is qualities that should be desirable
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The Art of War Erica McNairy Lawrence Wagoner TELS 3345 November 27‚ 2011 The Art of War and Human Resource The field of Human Resource coincides with Sun Tzu’s The Art of War in many approaches. “The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death‚ a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry‚ which can on no account be neglected” (Tzu). This book was based on military strategies but in reality these strategies can be used in all job
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SUN TZU: ART OF WAR Sun Tzu is the author of “Art of War”‚ one of the most influential and sought-after books about strategies in battles. However‚ the Art of War now applied in other fields like politics‚ business‚ sports and many more. Sun Tzu is a military general and philosopher who led several battles into a success with the use of deception‚ manipulation and unpredictable tactics. Sun Tzu was believed to have lived in the period of warring states. He worked under the leadership of Wu‚ a
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The Art of War - Sun Tzu Response Paper I read the Art of War during my high school year as a outside of the class reading book assigned by my language art teacher. I told him I was going to major in business (marketing). So when I first started reading the Art of War I was like “hey‚ if I have all the time in this world I could have think of all of these stuffs.” I had a big ego that time. Then I had a discussion about the Art of War with my physics teacher(he’s a genius literally‚ speaks 7-8
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“The Art of War” The book “The Art of War” serves as a manual book or more likely a bible for those entrepreneurs especially for those who are starters when it comes to business industry. There are 13 chapters in the book that states a lot of teachings and guidelines pertaining in entering a war or starting a business in an entrepreneur’s mind set. Confucius said: “If I fight‚ I conquer”‚ this line is a very inspirational to entrepreneurs because we should put in mind that we know well what
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The War of Art Steven Pressfield has a colorful background. I believe that’s why I’m drawn to him and his book‚ The WAR of ART. He has worked as an advertising copywriter‚ schoolteacher‚ tractor-trailer driver‚ bartender‚ oilfield roustabout [I like that word‚ roustabout‚ reminds me of Elvis]‚ attendant in a mental hospital‚ fruit-picker in Washington State‚ author and screenwriter. As author he has written many fiction and non-fiction books‚ but the non-fiction book I want to talk about is‚ The
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Sun Tzu - The Art of War A mysterious Chinese warrior philosopher compiled this book over 2‚000 years ago. It was translated into English by an author named‚ Thomas Cleary‚ who holds a PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University. He is the translator of various works in Buddhist‚ Taoist‚ and I Ching studies. It is still the most prestigious and influential book today for study by politicians and military strategists everywhere. The main theme of this book is to "To Win
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