Bee The Menin Road Analysis

All the world’s a canvas, and all the men and women merely the colors; They have their debuts and their disappearances into the background, and red in its time takes on many jobs; the coloration of a red sunrise of a wartime morning, and then the crimson blood of wounded soldiers bearing arms against brothers, and the last scene of all, that ends this strange eventful history, is scarlet dusk bathing the war-torn battlefield as it dips beyond the horizon.

Over the thousands of years, art has irrefutably been the most accurate technique to ever capture crucial moments in human history. From ancient cave paintings to the impressionism movement, all the way to present-day graffiti, art has been there, recording these significant turning points in history through physical representations that we continue to find, observe, and interpret. Art gives us the perfect way to seize these moments and lets us peek into a world that our minds can only imagine. That is why art has
Dead tree trunks rise from the muddy ground and clouds of smoke obscure the view of the background. The searchlights piercing through the murky clouds give off a sense of lostness, but may also signify that among the barren wasteland, there is still a sign of humanity and hope. This painting exceptionally illustrates how the war changed beautiful, innocent meadows and fields into grotesque and frightening wastelands.

Paths of Glory by C.R.W. Nevinson carries an ironic title. “Glory” give off the image of victory, goodness, and light, but the painting conveys quite the opposite theme. It depicts two presumably dead soldiers lying in the battlefield dirt and mud, their faces are obscured. But the rest of their bodies seem to merge with the murky soil that threatens to swallow up the entire scene. Irony is implied once again through the stark contrast between the soldiers lifelessly laying on the dull ground and the cheery, blue