{"id":2917,"date":"2014-10-19T14:00:56","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=2917"},"modified":"2013-11-19T14:01:51","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T11:01:51","slug":"remembrance-day-paintings-of-ww1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/history-teachers\/remembrance-day-paintings-of-ww1\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembrance Day: Paintings of WW1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/poppy_square.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2893\" alt=\"_poppy_square\" src=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/poppy_square-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/_REMEMBRANCE\/_OTHER\/Paintings\/1_Worksheet.doc\">Paintings of WW1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why do governments employ war artists? What makes a great work of art? What is the difference between art and propaganda? Students consider a range of different paintings, compare and contrast findings. My own selection of paintings can be used instead if you prefer:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/_REMEMBRANCE\/_OTHER\/Paintings\/GROSZ_the_hero.jpg\">The Hero<\/a> (Grosz) | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/_REMEMBRANCE\/_OTHER\/Paintings\/NEVINSON_harvest_of_battle.jpg\">Harvest of Battle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/_REMEMBRANCE\/_OTHER\/Paintings\/NEVINSON_hospital.jpg\">Hospital<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/_REMEMBRANCE\/_OTHER\/Paintings\/NEVINSON_machine_gun.jpg\">Machine Gun<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/_REMEMBRANCE\/_OTHER\/Paintings\/NEVINSON_Paths-of-Glory.jpg\">Paths of Glory<\/a> (Nevinson) | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/_REMEMBRANCE\/_OTHER\/Paintings\/ORPEN_unknown_soldier.jpg\">Unknown Soldier<\/a> (Orpen) | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/_REMEMBRANCE\/_OTHER\/Paintings\/OTTO_DIX_Assault-Under-Gas.jpg\">Assault Under Gas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/_REMEMBRANCE\/_OTHER\/Paintings\/OTTO_DIX_cardplayers.jpg\">Card Players<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/_REMEMBRANCE\/_OTHER\/Paintings\/OTTO_DIX_Trench-Warfare.jpg\">Trench Warfare<\/a> (Otto Dix) | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/_REMEMBRANCE\/_OTHER\/Paintings\/PAUL_NASH_we_are_building_a_new_world.gif\">We are Building a New World<\/a> (Nash) | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/_REMEMBRANCE\/_OTHER\/Paintings\/SARGENT_gassed.jpg\">Gassed<\/a> (Sargent) | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/_REMEMBRANCE\/_OTHER\/Paintings\/STAN_SPENCER_resurrection.jpg\">Resurrection in Cookham Churchyard<\/a> (Stanley Spencer).<\/p>\n<p>Part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/_REMEMBRANCE\/\">comprehensive set of Remembrance materials for every single year group<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paintings of WW1 Why do governments employ war artists? What makes a great work of art? What is the difference between art and propaganda? Students consider a range of different paintings, compare and contrast findings. My own selection of paintings can be used instead if you prefer: The Hero (Grosz) | Harvest of Battle, Hospital,&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/history-teachers\/remembrance-day-paintings-of-ww1\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[14,7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pAq0G-L3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2918,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917\/revisions\/2918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}