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The subject matter is what connects the following paintings. Beyond that they differ in everything from style, medium, light, color, line, scale, movement, composition, periods, origin, etc.
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| Face of War (Visage de la Guerre) 1940, by Salvador Dali |
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| Masacre en Colombia by Fernando Botero 2000 |
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| Contra el Bien General; Los Desastres de la Guerra 1810 by Francisco Goya |
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| Execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico by Edouard Manet 1868 |
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| Guernica by Pablo Picasso 1937 |
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| Heroic Battle by Salvator Rosa 1652 |
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| Rape of the Sabine Women by Pietro da Cortona 1627 |
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"Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions." Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
"I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom." Simone de Beauvoir
"Freedom is the oxygen of the soul." Moshe Dayan
"Freedom is the right to live as we wish." Epictetus
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Synonyms: battle, bloodshed, cold war, combat, conflict, contention, contest, enmity, fighting, hostilities, hostility, police action, strife, strike, struggle, warfare, attack, attempt, bombard, campaign against, challenge, clash, combat, contend, contest, differ, disagree, endeavor, engage in combat, go to war, kill, make war, march against, meet, murder, oppugn, shell, shoot, strive, struggle, take on, take the field against, take up arms, tug, wage war
2 comments:
I am in awe at the moment. The "war" post is oh so perfect for this 4th holiday weekend. I look forward to following to see what else you create. Thank you for the insight you share.
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I feel strongly that an artist has a duty to say something. These are a few of the most well known artists and I wanted to revisit and see what they were 'saying'.
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