APAH Museum Project – Building – Bayeux Tapestry
APAH Museum Project – Building – Bayeux Tapestry
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APAH Museum Project
Theme: Warfare
Curator: Kevin Yin
Mission Statement
The purpose of this museum is to recognize warfare, the technological advancements and what are the after effects of it
Building
Having my works of art on the navy ship, intrepid, would be great. It relates to the works of arts by being a navy battleship
Bayeux Tapestry
Identification
Bayeux Tapestry Romanesque Europe. c. 1066-1080 C.E. Embroidery on linen
Description
The Bayeux Tapestry has been much used as a source for illustrations of daily life in early medieval Europe. It depicts a total of 1515 different objects, animals and persons . Dress, arms, ships, towers, cities, halls, churches, horse trappings, regal insignia, ploughs, harrows, tableware, possible armorial changes, banners, hunting horns, axes, adzes, barrels, carts, wagons, reliquaries, biers, spits and spades are among the many items depicted
Alexander Mosaic
Identification
Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun, Pompeii Republican Roman. c. 100 B.C.E. Mosaic
Description
The artistic importance of this work of art comes at the subtle and unique artistic style that the artist employed in the making of the mosaic. The first major attribute of this great piece of artwork is the use of motion and intensity in the battle and the use of drama unfolding before the viewer's eyes to further the effect of glory in the mosaic
Boston Massacre
Identification
Boston Massacre printed by Paul Revere Picture
Description
This picture depicts gruesome factors after the British Soliders fired at american people. This image reminds us of the conflict that we, the US, had with Britain which lead to the American Revolution
The Death of General Wolfe
Identification
The Death of General Wolfe, 1770 Painted by Benjamin West Painting
Description
In this painting, it shows the death of General Wolfe. This work of art fits into the museum because in the background, it has thousands of soldiers clashing. This painting caught my eye because there the focus is a mournful event of Gerenal Wolfe dying while in the background, there are thousands of soldiers fighting. This painting is sad and very dramatic
Niobides Krater
Identification
Niobides Krater Anonymous vase painter of Classical Greece known as the Noibid Painter c. 460-450 B.C.E Clay, red-figure technique (white highlights)
Description
This vase depicts spears and shields which shows what types of weaponry is used back then.
The Oath of the Horatii
Identification
Jacques-Louis David. 1784 C.E. Oil on canvas
Description
Designed to rally republicans (those who believed in the ideals of a republic, and not a monarchy, for France) by telling them that their cause will require the dedication and sacrifice of the Horatii. This work of art has several swords being held in the air by a man.
George Washington Crossing the Delaware
Identification
Emanuel Leutze, George Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851).
Description
When one thinks of epic American war artworks, George Washington Crossing the Delaware is the image that flashes across everyone's mind. With the first president standing one leg propped, face in profile and sword in clear view, this painting depicts a surprise attack planned by the famous president on the Hessian forces in Trenton, New Jersey.
Whaam!
Identification
Roy Lichtenstein, Whaam! (1963).
Description
The famous pop artist's work was inspired by a comic book called All American Men of War. Whaam!'s stylized imagery depicting air battle was painted during the Vietnam War.
Untitled (Antietam)
Identification
Barnaby Furnas, Untitled (Antietam) (2008).
Description
Contemporary American painter and former graffiti artist, Barnaby Furnas's work portrays the civil war, in a video-game-esque manner, with the Union and the Confederates on either side meeting in a clash of rifles and bullets. Creating his own style of ultra-violence, Furnas's semi-abstract work uses a traditional medium in a completely modern way
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
Identification
Joe Rosenthal, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (1945). Photo: Courtesy CNN
Description
American photographer Joe Rosenthal captured five American soldiers raising a U.S flag atop Mount Suribachi when they successfully captured the Japanese island, Iwo Jima. This photograph won the Pulitzer Prize for Photography the same year it was published.
Death of General Montgomery at the Attack on Quebec
Identification
John Trumbull, Death of General Montgomery at the Attack on Quebec (1786)
Description
Trumbull's painting depicts General Montgomery's gallant but disastrous attempt to capture Quebec city during the Invasion of Canada in 1775, the first major military initiative by the newly formed Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
I Want You for the U.S. Army
Identification
Color poster by James Montgomery Flagg. 44-PA-71.
Description
This poster is in this museum because of it motivated the american people to fight in world war 2. Without this poster, the Allies might of not won world war 2.
Untitled
Identification
T.Sgt. J. Sarno, ca. November/December 1943. 127-GR-84-68407
Description
U.S. Marine `Raiders' and their dogs, which are used for scouting and running messages, starting off for the jungle front lines on Bougainville.
Untitled
Identification
Photograph France, 1944. 208-YE-22
Description
This photograph shows a medic treating a wounded soldier. This photograph shows how warfare can be dangerous
Untitled
Identification
Photograph July 1943. 80-G-53871
Description
A PT marksman provides a striking camera study as he draws a bead with his 50 caliber machine gun on his boat off New Guinea.
Pearl Harbor
Identification
Griffith Baily Coale U.S. Navy Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Description
This work of art depicts the after effects of the attack on Pearl Harbor
French Infantry
Identification
Rudolph Von Ripper U.S. Army Center for Military History Washington, D.C.
Description
This work of art conveys french soldiers camping out at one location. The french soldiers looks ready and patient to fire when their opponent approaches.
Battle of Midway
Identification
Robert Benney U.S. Army Center for Military History Washington, D.C.
Description
This work of art depicts the Battle of Midway
Explosion
Identification
Tom Lea U.S. Army Center for Military History Washington, D.C.
Description
This work of art shows three soldiers being harmed by an explosion during World War 2
Chinese Stretcher
Identification
Howard Baer U.S. Army Center for Military History Washington, D.C.
Description
This work of art depicts 2 soldiers carrying a stretcher from the forest
Sketch of Dead Soldiers
Identification
Sketch Richard M. Gibney U.S. Army Center for Military History Washington, D.C.
Description
This work of art depicts dead soldiers
Canadians at Ypres
Identification
William Barnes-Wollen (1915)
Description
This work of art depicts the destructiveness of war
Second Lieutenant W. H. G. Jessup, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, on the Western Front (Left) and Winning the Military Cross during the Battle of the Somme (Right)
Identification
Stanley Llewelyn Wood (1916)
Description
This work of art depicts the technological advancements in warfare
Identification
Stanley Llewelyn Wood (1916)
Description
This work of art conveys the new warfare strategies such as trench warfare
Work Cited Page
"The Art of World War One in 52 Paintings | Made From History." Made From History. N.p., 11 June 2015. Web. 02 June 2016.
PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 02 June 2016.
"America's 9 Most Epic War Artworks - Artnet News." Artnet News. N.p., 11 Nov. 2014. Web. 02 June 2016.