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1. The name of the painting: Sketch for States of Mind: Those Who Stay

2. The name of the artist & where they're from: Umberto Boccioni, Italy.

3. The Year it was created: 1911.

4. An explanation of the painting. What is happening? In what ways does this art reflect WWI's impact on society? What is the artist trying to say? This is another sketch of Umberto Boccioni where nowhe represents the feeling of those who stay or wait for those who go to come back. What I could interprete in this scene was a bunch of empty souls. These souls are "gone" or lost because of the emptiness there is because of the person missing. I thinks just like in the other sketch, people that might experienced something similar during WW1 can relate to these two sketches.

5. Why you chose it. How does it make you feel? What did you like most/least about it and why? Well I liked how simple the sketch might look but at the same time it's really deep and you get the message by just "scrawls". This makes me feel sad for both sides, those who stay and those who go.

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1. The name of the painting: Separation

2. The name of the artist & where they're from: Edvard Munch, Norway.

3. The Year it was created: 1896

4. An explanation of the painting. What is happening? In what ways does this art reflect WWI's impact on society? What is the artist trying to say? Well I could interprete from this artwork was a hurt man because a woman had left him, the man is touching his heart representing the pain it's causing. I could interprete as well that the woman has maybe passed away since it is represented as a soul, all white, in a long dress, etc.   The WW1 impact this artwork maybe caused in society was that maybe man didn't like to leave their wife to go to war or maybe war was what separated these two.

5. Why you chose it. How does it make you feel? What did you like most/least about it and why? I chose this artwork because the message is clear in my opinion and also I liked how it is represented because maybe it's easy to "read" but at the same time people can interprete it in so many different ways. I also liked how the people are represented, in Expressionism in general.

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1. Abstract  composition
2. Mainie jellet, ireland
3. 1935
4. i don’t  know if there is a really deep meaning about this paining but it kind of seems  like there is a baby on the painting.
5. i really like the figures in the painting and also the colors that she used.

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1. theatrical composition
2. Aleksandra  ekster,  Poland
3. 1925
4. in the painting  there are women in a building, this might represent how life change for women during war because  now they had to take the role for men while they were at war, i think this painting  represents women during the war
5. i chose it because i really like the composition of the paining, the thing i really like about this painting is the feminist message behind it.

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1. cathedral interior
2. Wenzel Hablik, Most, czechia
3. 1921
4. in this painting  the artist. is portraying how he sees the cathedral from another lenses. During world war 1 a lot of cathedrals  were destroyed and the artist wants to give importance to cathedrals .
5. i chose this painting because i really like the colors the artist use and also the figures he use in it too, it reminds me of history and the my favorite thing about this painting is how he draw the top of the cathedral

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1. The name of the painting:
Self-Portrait, turned slightly to the left

2. The name of the artist & where they're from:
Käthe Kollwitz was a German artist who was born 1867.

3. The Year it was created:
1893
4. An explanation of the painting:
In this piece artwork the artist is trying to portray how she look at herself whenever she is looking at her. She only shows her face because she probably think that it must be the main thing you need to know or look at in order to understand a person. This is why she only shows nothing but her face, because of the perspective of the world and society in which she used to live in.
5. Why you chose it:
I chose this painting due to the fact that it caught my attention since the first sight because of the way in which the artist chose to portray herself, she is using only one color with different shadow in order to emphasize the main parts and characteristics of her face. I found very interesting the contrast between the background and the main picture.

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Name of the painting: Green Eye composition

Name of the artist: Stanislaw Ignacy he was polish

It was created in the year of 1918

This painting Uses lots of different faces to create some kind of place. The different faces hve different looks making some of them look creapie or scary. It uses very gray colors and the other light colors it uses which are not much are very faint. The painting is some kind of house or place in the forest. Also in the top left part it has some letters and numbers representing something about the painting.

5) I was able to decide this painting for many different reasons. First for me this painting has a very special and cool style which makes it have a tone of like being in there. I also chose it because for me it causes lots of different feelings including questioning. Another reason is because it is very strange so I needed to analize all the painting a lot to try and get an idea of what was the author trying to create. I think it relates to WWI with the different faces that for me represent the different main powers of the world in that time ruling the whole world with fear.

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NAme of the painting: Mother and child

Name of the artist: Eduardo Kingman from equator

It was created in the year 1957.

4) This painting is very raer and strange. It is a drowing or painting of a what appears to be a mother and a child. What is intresting about this painting is that both of them appear to be in very bad living conditions. I can see the way they are living because of how they look and their body and face langauage which appears to be in suffering.

5) I chose this painting for many reasons. The main reason for which I chose this painting was because for me it represents almost perfectly the way the people in the WWI was living. It communicates feelings of suffering and of bad resources. Also the painting with the choices of colors combine very good whith what I think it is traying to represent.

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Name of the painting: Girl with a Mandolin

2. Name of the artist and where they’re from: Pablo Picasso from Spain

3. The year it was created: 1910

4. An explanation of the painting: This painting is a portrait of Fanny Tellier but in cubism. Picasso asked her to sit in front of her with a Mandolin and Picasso drew different geometric shapes over her form. Picasso’s idea was to make something innovative and new to art which was a cubic portrait. Picasso painted the background of the woman with a random set of shapes making a weird effect on the painting. This painting didn’t have any meaning behind it really, he was just experimenting with art and making something new.

5. I chose this painting because I thought that it was very interesting. I think it’s fascinating how you can draw somebody in such a weird yet very recognizable way. I think that Picasso did an amazing job with this painting.

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1. Name of the painting: House + Light + Movement of the sky

2. Name of the artist and where they’re from: Luigi Russolo from Italy

3. The year it was created: 1913

4. An explanation of the painting: This is a painting in which there’s like a tunnel with light rays, but the natural light (sun) is being outshined by artificial light. When they intersect, they create a contradiction in the landscape which is ruining its beauty. This painting represents the intersection of nature and humans. He’s basically trying to represent that we came to the world and ruined it’s beauty by killing its animals, polluting it, modifying it’s ecosystems, etc. I think that this painting relates to WW1 because precisely, one of the things that are ruining the world are wars. They cause violence and the citizens are put in a dangerous situation for something that wasn’t their fault. This painting was a way to represent how the world was ruined by humans and their horrible actions.

5. I chose this painting because it caught my attention aesthetically. It has very beautiful and shiny colors and the drawing is interesting. I didn’t choose this painting for the meaning behind it to be honest because I wasn’t sure what was the meaning behind this painting. However, after analyzing it for a bit, I realized what it meant and it became even more interesting in my opinion.

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1. The name of the painting: Sketch for States of Mind: Those Who Go

2. The name of the artist & where they're from: Umberto Boccioni, Italy.

3. The Year it was created: 1911

4. An explanation of the painting. What is happening? In what ways does this art reflect WWI's impact on society? What is the artist trying to say? Well in this artwork, I feel that what says the most it's the title: Those Who Go, and if you look at the date the Italo-Turkish War was fought in 1911, so the Italian artist created this artwork because of the war happening where Italy was involved. In this scene the state of mind of those who go to war its represented, no color, scrawls and you can see objects or people in that "tornado" . Well this artwork was created years before ww1 but I feel like many soldiers that went to war in ww1 could relate to this artwork.

5. Why you chose it. How does it make you feel? What did you like most/least about it and why? It is a very interesting sketch and the title caught my attention. Because it may seem that the artwork its just scrawls but this artwork is prove that there is always a message behind. I like how the artist would "hide" or made less obvious the objects and people that where in the state of mind.

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1. The name of the painting.

The painting is called "Industrial Building with Corner Tower" (Image of the painting at the end of the pad-let)

2. The name of the artist & where they're from.
The artist is named Antonio Sant'elia and he is from Italy.

3. The Year it was created.
The painting was created on 1913.

4. An explanation of the painting. What is happening? In what ways does this art reflect WWI's impact on society? What is the artist trying to say?
In the painting from my perception I see a factory hard at work. This painting reflects WWI because during the time period there were hundreds of factories around Europe mainly, that had to create more items for the wars, such as ammoniation factories, steel factories, firearm factories, etc. Furthermore, the artist in my opinion is trying to portray the difficulties of the war and how millions of people whether it be working in factories or the front lines of the war, everyone in some way was impacted by the war. Furthermore, in my perception I believe he may also be trying to say that people who worked in factories could have been as important as the people fighting physically in the war.

5. Why you chose it. How does it make you feel? What did you like most/least about it and why?
I chose this painting because it looks like a very unique painting with a geometric style that I don't commonly see in paintings. This makes me reflect because it brings me back to the WWI times where factories were so crucial to the countries for the war, and if a country didn't have factories to assist them in the war they most likely wouldn't fend well. The painting helps me understand the impact of factories on the war. The thing I liked most about the painting is the tones and colors of the painting because I believe it very much fits the WWI vibe of everything being smoggy and dark. What I liked least about the painting is the fact that it's not clear what the factory is creating, I wish it could have given us some more information in the aspect of what the factory was used for.

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Umberto Briccioni

Why can't I stop painting mother?

1882-1916

Regio de Calabria, Italy

In this painting we see a chaos of color and shapes merging in and out of each other. This shows the impact WW1 had on society because the chaos inside of the painting represents the chaos that followed WW1. The artist tries to represent the mess and chaos, the good and the bad in colors and a mess of jumbled up like thoughts.

I chose this painting because of its colors and its cloud like effect. I like how it looks like colored fog blending in and out of itself. I don't quite like the way you have to really imagine an idea behind it. You have to really use your imagination to imagine or apply a significance to the painting. This painting makes me feel like I'm dreaming or like i'm looking through a child's telescope toy with the beads and the colors in it.

Mercel Duchamp

“Giving art a cheerful middle finger”

1887 - 1968

Blainville Crevon France

In this painting we see Leonardo Da Vinci's “La Mona Lisa” but with a mustache and a beard drawn on. I believe that this painting represents how people needed optimism after WW1. It's such a simple thing to apply to a painting however it's something that makes you laugh which is something that was much needed in that time period.

I like this painting because such a strict monotone face with a mustache on it is kind of like someone drawing a mustache on the principal's yearbook picture. I feel like, in a way, it's kind of disrespectful to the original painting, but I also quite like the idea of mockery within it.

Giorgio De Chirico

“Enchanted space in the city of Nietzche”

1888 - 1978

Volos, Grecia

In this painting we see the center of what looks like an ancient greek city that is abandoned at night. In my mind this video represents the loneliness and the  abandonment after WW1. The streets are empty and only the sound of a train and two mens voices are out in the street. I think it represents how little people trusted each other after the war and how little people went out because of it.

I chose this painting because I like the simplicity behind it. There is so much attention to highlight and shadow and yet so much simplicity in the painting. I like how peaceful it looks and how the shadows are represented. This painting looks like greek architecture but less detailed and it's very pretty.

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1. The name of the painting.
The name of the painting is "

Comical Repast (Banquet of the Starved)".

2. The name of the artist & where they're from.
The artist was called  James Ensor, a Belgian artist born on April 13, 1860.

3. The Year it was created.
The painting was created in 1917-1918.

4. An explanation of the painting. What is happening? In what ways does this art reflect WWI's impact on society? What is the artist trying to say?
In this peculiar painting there is a "banquet" in which only one person seems to even have food, but there are two persons behind him as if they were honoring him. The rest of the people are just sitting there doing weird things like shouting or talking, also, in the background there are multiple strange paintings of dead people. I genuinely believe that this painting is a great reflection of WW1's impact on society, since the single man that is eating represents the great powers of the world that have everything under their control, while people serve them by doing anything they ask for, moreover, the rest of the people are just sitting represent having to live life with what they get while those dead people in the painting behind represent the least fortunate that had nothing provided to them by those with power. I would say that the artist was trying to say o share exactly this impact I just mentioned, since the system was unfair to many, but they had few things to do about it, in fact, almost nothing.

5. Why you chose it. How does it make you feel? What did you like most/least about it and why?
I must admit that this one was one of my favorite painting I saw, and not because of how well it was painted but rather what it represented. This was the main reason why I chose it, in addition with the unique and different name it had compared to others. After understanding this painting, I would say that it made me feel pitiful towards the less fortunate people that suffer from not having power compared to others. I now comprehend how unfair things could have been for some. As for the things I like about it, I would say that the thing I liked the most was definitely the meaning this painting had, as I said previously. As for the things I didn't like, well, I am not a huge fan of the style of the painting, since in my consideration, the work should have been painted with a more serious style.

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Proun 19D

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1. Proun 19D
2.  El Lissitzky and he is from russia
3. from 1920-1921
4. this was a project of affirmation. This is a supremacist oil on canvas, paper, and collage painting.  has been traditionally understood within the sociocultural context of the emergent Soviet Union
5. I choose this because compared to the other options I was viewing this one stood out to me due to the color options and different shades as well as shadows and such.

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Paysage aux deux cypres

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1. The name of the painting.
Christ and the storm

2. The name of the artist & where they're from.
Giorgio de Chirico from Florence, Italy.

3. The Year it was created.
1914

4. An explanation of the painting. What is happening? In what ways does this art reflect WWI's impact on society? What is the artist trying to say?
Christ and the Storm is a Neoclassical oil on canvas painting created by Giorgio de Chirico in 1914. The image is tagged Jesus christ, storms and boats. We can see Jesus in a boat accompanied by his disciples. They all seem to be worried about the health of Jesus, however they are also taking care of the boat and its direction. The waves seem to be very rough. The impact I think this has on WW1 is that in WW1 many people escaped from their countrys by any method possible, in this case by boat. And if god believer see that god also ecaped from where he was suffering that may give the people courage to leave everything behind for a chance of a better lifestyle.

5. Why you chose it. How does it make you feel? What did you like most/least about it and why?
I like this because it is a picture of God that I hadn't seen before. The genre of the drawing is Futurism and it is a piece of Jesus Christ which is one of the oldest things known to human kind.

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1. Name of the painting:

Paysage aux Deux Cypres

2. Name of artist and where they are from: Jean Metzinger, and he is from Nantes, France
3. Year it was created: from 1904-1905
4. Explanation of painting: I think that this painting was created to show the "safe zone" which is the grass and the fields where there wasn't danger such as explosions, aggression, etc.
5. Why I choose it: I choose this because even though it may seem simple, I find it to be visually soothing and appealing due to the way it looks per say different becasue of the cubes,

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El mecanico (cubism)

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1. The name of the painting.
The name of the painting is "Soldier with a pipe".

2. The name of the artist & where they're from.
The artist was called Fernand Henri Léger, a French artist born on February 4, 1881.

3. The Year it was created.
The painting was created in 1916.

4. An explanation of the painting. What is happening? In what ways does this art reflect WWI's impact on society? What is the artist trying to say?
This painting is an abstract work that shows a soldier wearing a metal armor apparently smoking. The image painted is very simple, but I feel like that relates a lot to the ways this artwork reflects the impact that WW1 had on society. Something that basically all people relate to a war is a soldier, the people that are fighting in that war, so showing a soldier smoking, which was something extremely common then, really proves how influenced society was. What I think the painter was trying to say or depict was how normal people that do common things in their daily lives could also be part of such a catastrophic event that is a war.

5. Why you chose it. How does it make you feel? What did you like most/least about it and why?
After I tried to understand this painting a little bit better, I now can say that it made me feel kind of sad, because I thought of how war resulted in many, many deaths of normal people that had to be soldiers forced to defend their country. I realized that this simple artwork had a deeper message than expected, and that is exactly what I like the most, the meaning that a mere soldier doing a common action could have. As for what I don't really like is that the soldier itself wasn't as accurate as the ones at the time of WW1. Another reason why I chose it was simply because I found the name quite interesting and stood out to me due to how unexpected it was having the "with a pipe".

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1:Name of painting: City on Fire

2: Name of artist: Olga Rozanova

3: Year it was created: 1914

4: Explanation of painting: It is a city on fire. I believe that it was painted because of their fears about what was going to happen in war.

5: Why you chose it: I chose it because there is a big contrast in between dark colours and light colours. The shapes and the aggresive way it was painted also caught my attention.

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1. The name of the painting.
Self Portrait with Lowered Head

2. The name of the artist & where they're from.
Egon Schiele from Austria

3. The Year it was created.
1912

4. An explanation of the painting.
What is happening? In what ways does this art reflect WWI's impact on society?
What is the artist trying to say?
This is Expressionism.
One of Egon Schiele's many eerie self-depictions — striking here is the reoccurring accentuation of the hands and the thumb: the thumb seems not to fit into Schiele’s design concept, so that he often omits it or renders it severely angled. Schiele’s head is bent, the eyes turned upwards, which makes the white of the eyes appear like crescent moons in an otherwise dark face. The dark head with sunken cheeks shines out from the bright background. Above the blue-red lips sits a little moustache, which Schiele only had in between the late fall of 1911 and beginning of 1912. The series of expressive self-portraits of the year 1912 is continued in 1914, when Schiele had Anton Josef Trčka take photographs of himself.

5. Why you chose it. How does it make you feel? What did you like most/least about it and why?
I chose this piece because I got intrigued by the face of the man in the picture. From his face expression.  I saw a face that looked so evil and intriguing. He is looking straight to the audience however his eyes reveal his angry and interesting look.

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1: Name of painting: Christ and the storm

2: Name of artist: Giorgio De Chirico

3: Year it was made: 1914

4: Explanation of the painting: I think this painting corralates with WWI because it shows how some people are embarking and darkness is starting to surround them; I feel like that is how people felt at the time.

5: Why you chose it: I chose it because of the contrast of dark and bright, how the dark is overpowering the light, and because all the characters look worriend for what is going to come.

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1. name of painting: El mecanico
2. The name of the artist and where they are from: Fernand Henri Leger, he is from Argentan, France
3. The year it was created: 1920
4. An explanation of what is happening in the painting: In this painting we can see that there is a man who is smoking a cigarette in what seems to be an indescribable background. Through these geometric structures we can see the illustrations of distinct colors and shapes in the back. In my opinion, this relates to ww1 because this man is taking a cigarette alone in what seems to be a moment of peace and being away from all the chaos in the streets.
5. Why I choose it: I choose this painting because I liked the way it looked with the geometric shapes and the detail in the painting like the tatoo of the man smoking  alongside the shading that was done.

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1. The name of the painting.

"Windows" (Image of the painting at the end of the pad-let).

2. The name of the artist & where they're from.

The name of the artist is Egon Schiele and he is from Austria.

3. The Year it was created.

It was painted on 1914.

4. An explanation of the painting. What is happening? In what ways does this art reflect WWI's impact on society? What is the artist trying to say?

Visually in the painting I can see what seems to be houses with windows. To me it seems to be located on a busy street and looks relatively poor or middle class. This reflects WWI due to the fact it looks like a household that could have been affected by the war in my opinion. The house looks damaged and old and looks like a middle class household where the male figure had to go to war, yet the family are having to stay in their house, scared of the outside and hungry. In my perception this looks like a household of a family that has been affected by the war and with the male figure out in war they are having trouble eating everyday and are very low on money. The artist is trying to convey the message of the lower class to middle class households in the period of the war.

5. Why you chose it. How does it make you feel? What did you like most/least about it and why?

I chose this painting because it really reminded me of a WWI household and gave me the vibes that many family live inside the house below. To me this makes me feel sad for the millions of people affected by the war and how quickly their lifestyles changed in a matter of months. What I most like about the painting are the tones and color used because it really makes it look like a household of the period. Something that I didn't like that much is the fact that the household looks slightly too zoomed up and I would have rather seen the household more zoomed out maybe to even see the street and the surrounding areas.

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Vision Simultánea
Umberto Boccioni, Italy
1890
in this painting there is a woman surrounded by different buildings. I can also see her reflection like there was a mirror present. This is a more abstract painting, meaning that it was a lot more going on. I believe that this painting connects with chaos in WWI. I think that the artist is trying to portray a woman seeing the world from above.

I chose this painting because of the different colors that the artist chose to use in this painting. I also really like how nothing has the same shape, and it’s more abstract. What I like more about this painting is the technique used which is cubism. What I like least is that I can’t really see the small people in the painting.

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1. The name of the painting.
Visual synthesis of the idea "war"

2. The name of the artist & where they're from.
Gino Severini, Italy

3. The Year it was created.
1914

4. An explanation of the painting. What is happening? In what ways does this art reflect WWI's impact on society? What is the artist trying to say?
This artwork is pretty interesting, because it was made just when WWI was starting, and I think it is the representation on how people thought the war was gonna be. People were facing this big and new WWI, so the artist is trying to represent his thougths and the fear they were facing because of this war

5. Why you chose it. How does it make you feel? What did you like most/least about it and why?
I love how everything is mixed and all the elements you can see, like the plane and canyons.

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- Name of the painting: Industrial Building with Corner Tower.
- Name of the artist: Antonio Sant'Elia, was born in 1888 in Como, Lombardy.
- The year it was created: 1913.
- Explanation of the painting: This painting is showing how the Industrial building looks from and specific angle and perspective. This is the reason why he only painted the Corner Tower, due to the angle in which he was viewing the building.
- Why I chose it: I chose this painting because I really found the image very attractive and very appealing to the eye of the spectator.

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1. The name of the painting.
The name of the painting is "

Visual Synthesis of the Idea: 'War'"

2. The name of the artist & where they're from.
The artist was called Gino Severini, an Italian artist born on April 7, 1883.

3. The Year it was created.
The painting was created in 1914.

4. An explanation of the painting. What is happening? In what ways does this art reflect WWI's impact on society? What is the artist trying to say?
In this peculiar and somewhat abstract painting there is a very good depiction of how the world seemed after the periods of war. We can observe many factories, smoke, other constructions, a flag and even a phrase that says "effort maximum". Even the name says that it is a visual synthesis of the idea of war, and I think that what the artist tried to say in this work was how the world was so influential by mass production and the addition of things like factories. I really do believe that this painting represents the impact WW1 on society since the world was in a new era, countries had to put the maximum effort as the painting says in order to prevail and be superior.

5. Why you chose it. How does it make you feel? What did you like most/least about it and why?
Well, the first reason of why I chose this painting was because of the name itself, but I knew that a name wasn't enough of a valid reason to choose it. I then realized that the painting itself really suited the name and a perspective of the world after WW1. This painting made me feel like I know more aspects of how living in WW1 was like, and how things changed and progressed. Now, getting into why I like this painting I would say the the main aspects is the good representation of the impact of WW1, as I mentioned previously, however, the thing I don't like that much is that the painting is a bit too simplistic, since it could include more elements related to WW1 or a war in general.

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1. The name of the painting.
Man of Sorrows
2. The name of the artist & where they're from.
Artist: James Ensor
From Belgium
3. The Year it was created.
1981
4. An explanation of the painting.
What is happening?
It is Expressionism style.
The image is in the public domain, and tagged Jesus christ and horror.
In what ways does this art reflect WWI's impact on society? What is the artist trying to say?
I think what it is trying to say is that many people that believed in god were praying for his help and protection during this horrible times. However millions of people died and maybe thats why Jesus in covered in blood
5. Why you chose it. How does it make you feel? What did you like most/least about it and why?
I chose it because it is a different way to portray Jesus and a scary way. This makes me feel scared and wanting to understand more the POV of the artist.

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1: Name of painting:

Fantastic composition (Vision with masks)

2: Name of artist: Stainslaw Ignacy Witkiewicz

3: Year it was created: 1920

4: What is happening? In what ways does this art reflect WWI's impact on society? What is the artist trying to say?
To me it reflects WWI in a way that the world at that point was a dark and mellow place, and at the center of all of it was a group of select people who could put on a facade for the people and pretending to be good when they were causing all the problems.

5: Why you chose it?: I chose it because it was very colourful and even cartoonish while still being very dark.

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Fantastic composition (Vision with masks)

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Fantastic composition (Vision with masks) is an Expressionist Oil on Canvas Painting created by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz in 1920. It lives at the National Museum, Warsaw in Poland. The image is used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Masks and Monsters. Source

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1. The name of the painting.
The great parade

2. The name of the artist & where they're from.
Fernand Henri Léger, France

3. The Year it was created.
1954

4. An explanation of the painting. What is happening? In what ways does this reflect WWI's impact on society? What is the artist trying to say?
I think that this painting is trying to respresent happines or celebration in certain way. The name of this painting is the great parade, and I think that i because of the great parade the whole world and civilians did because of the end of the end of WWI and WWII. The painting shows different people that look from different cultures, that are celebrating, so thats why this artwork is representing happiness

5. Why you chose it. How does it make you feel? What did you like most/least about it and why?
I choose it because of the colors they use and how every human in the painting is represented. I like the way how this looks very artistic, simple and weird at the same time. This artwork is unique, and thats why I choose it.

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1. Name of the painting: I and the village

2. Name of the artist and where they’re from: Marc Chagall from Belaruse.

3. The year it was created: 1911

4. An explanation of the painting:

I and the village is a painting that represent some of Marc Chagall’s memories from his childhood living in   the town of Vitebsk in Russia. The painting has images of the Russian landscape and it also has symbols that represent something about Chagall”s identity. For example, we can see a milkmaid at the top left of the painting because Chagall used to milk animals in his hometown. The artists is trying to share a little bit about his early life with this painting. This is related to WW1 because Chagall wanted to show how he perceived Russia before the war. He perceived it as a beautiful and happy place which is very different from what people thought about it during WW1 because it was involved in a huge conflict and people thought about it as a dangerous and horrible place to be in.

5. I chose this painting because the painter is trying to show the way in which he sees some things that other people see very differently and demonstrate that some things are not how they used to be and that in the painter’s memory, this town will be remembered as a beautiful place to be in. I like that this painter is willing to try to show that some people was wrong and that he shared with the world something about his life that was very special to himself.

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Name Painting: Still Life
Name Artist: Alexandra Alexandrovna, Russian-French.
Created on 1913

4; What is happening on the painting from what I can see is first That it is a kind of laboratory. Also what I can see in this painting is different posters and photographs of cigarettes and other things from the time. I think that this painting reflects WWI in how everything was made and how the people kind of lived. Also I think it also relatesd with WWI in the representation that it is kind of a laboratory where they could be creating things for the war. I think that what the artist is trying o say in this painting is to make the world see how bad the world was with the start of the war represening it with a completely desorfered table.

5; I chose this painting for many reasons that caught my attention. First the simple fact of the style of painting which for me is very special and cool. Also because of the colors and the style that she use to combine all the different colors and create this master piece. The thing that I liked the most about this painting is the detaail that the artist putted in the painting. The thing that I liked the least was that for me the purpose of this painting is very difficult to get and understand till the point where you dont even know if you are correct.

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The clown in the green cap
Armand Herion, Belgium
1900-1930
In this painting we can see one simple focus on a person. More specifically a clown that is sticking his tongue out. I think that the connection with WWI is kind of lost regarding this painting. However maybe it was to do with jobs like clowns. I believe that the artist is trying to capture this person’s personality and features.

I chose this painting because I found interesting that the artist only paints clowns. I also liked that every single one of his paintings was the same person but with a different facial expression. It makes me feel goofy. The thing I liked more was the focus on just the persons face. The thing I like the least is that his face is just painted white rather than having a full on clown makeup.

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1. The name of the painting.
Traveling woman

2. The name of the artist & where they're from.
Liubov Popova, Moscow, Russia

3. The Year it was created.
1915

4. An explanation of the painting. What is happening? In what ways does this reflect WWI's impact on society? What is the artist trying to say?
For me it shows the bad side and impact that WWI live to the world. The dark colors its for me a meaning of sadness and evilness that was left after the WWI

5. Why you chose it. How does it make you feel? What did you like most/least about it and why?
I choose it because it was pretty interesant for me that art can reflect darkness as well as hapiness. Im not a fan of the painting because it doesnt transmit me like good things, but it is interesting.

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1. The name of the painting.
"The Great Parade", (painting at end of pad-let).

2. The name of the artist & where they're from.
The name of the artist is Fernand Henri Leger and he is from France.

3. The Year it was created.
The painting was created on 1954.

4. An explanation of the painting. What is happening? In what ways does this art reflect WWI's impact on society? What is the artist trying to say?
In the painting I can visually see that some sort of a festival or parade is occurring. This may reflect the impact of WW1 due to the fact that maybe during the time period of the war people were not able to have these sorts of parades and festivals. Due to this, in my opinion I believe the artist is trying to exemplify the happiness of people after the war was finally over since this painting was made after the war. The artist is trying to portray how happy people were when the war was over via something fun and happy such as a parade, and we can see within the painting the people seem to be enjoying themselves in the parade.

5. Why you chose it. How does it make you feel? What did you like most/least about it and why?
I chose it because it really stood out to me in comparison to other painting in the time period. The painting gives off very good vibes in my opinion and just all around seems happy and joyful. The painting itself makes me feel happy and energetic because the painting seems to have a lot of motion with the people in the parade and in my opinion it seems like the people are having a good time. The things I liked most about the painting is the colorful energy, the movement, and the people. What I least like about the painting is the grey background because I feel as if it doesn't match with the painting, and I would have preferred a more colorful background.

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Expressionism:
https://arthistoryproject.com/timeline/modernism/expressionism/

Futurism:
https://arthistoryproject.com/timeline/modernism/futurism/

Cubism:
https://arthistoryproject.com/timeline/modernism/cubism/

Suprematism:
https://arthistoryproject.com/timeline/modernism/suprematism/

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You will find many different First World War artworks by artists of different nationalities. Look at the websites

Choose 3 paintings that you find the most powerful or interesting.

Copy each one into this Padlet, and write the following:

1. The name of the painting.
2. The name of the artist & where they're from.
3. The Year it was created.
4. An explanation of the painting. What is happening? In what ways does this reflect WWI's impact on society? What is the artist trying to say?
5. Why you chose it. How does it make you feel? What did you like most/least about it and why?