Sunday, November 7, 2010

The Art of Vietnam

Doing a quick Google search I came upon the fantastic website, The Art of War…Vietnam as Seen Through the Artwork of Those Who Were There.
The art found there is very interesting…..
This work by Richard Russell Yohnka is haunting…..he states his work is  the depersonalized soldier, the soldier within who has suppressed the emotion of the community of war.
This work is titled Class of ’67 by Charlie Shobe
and this work is The Wound by Ned Broderick

Washington Crossing the Delaware


This painting is Washington Crossing the Delaware, of course.  Elementaryhistoryteacher over at History Is Elementary gives an excellent explanation of this painting......a painting that includes not one but two future U.S. Presidents.

Access her post here.

The National Archives and The American Revolution

The National Archives has a wonderful page set aside for links to all of their works from the American Revolution……a fantatic treasure trove to go through.
You can find the page here.
There you will find such things as
Von Steuben at Valley Forge by G.R. Hall (1858)

The Landing on the Jerseys by British forces by Davies (1776)

Peggy Shippen (Mrs. Benedict Arnold) by Sir Thomas Lawrence.