Combat Artists | Early Modern

War through the Eyes of an Artist I decided to pick something different for my blog. If you've followed a few of my posts, you might have noticed that I tend to lean more toward painterly styles. To be honest, I tend to feel uncomfortable with analyzing “rougher” mediums such as watercolor, charcoal, and graphite since I believe the texture that you can achieve with them allows more intense emotion. The pieces I've collected for this post were done by combat artists who were assigned to cover the horrors of war (Wade, 2014). Some scenes depict tragedy, while some depict peaceful moments between comrades. Nonetheless, these pieces capture moments in history directly through the eyes of those who have experienced them. Harvey, D. (1918) ' The Harvest Moon '. Marne, France: Dunn The mixed media painting by Captain Harvey Dunn depicts dead German soldiers across a field as the moon shines over the harvest. Behind the field is a town, destroyed and left burning (Wade, 2014)....