War - Critical Texts

Question 1

susan sontag, regarding the pain of others, 2003 (goya)

Answer 1

‘with goya, a new standard for responsiveness to suffering enters art’
‘goya’s images are a synthesis. they claim: things like this happened’

Question 2

robert hughes, goya, 2003

Answer 2

‘set forth the sober truth about human conflict’
‘he drives home the undeniable message that there is nothing romantic about war’

Question 3

hugh honours (canova) neoclassicism 1968

Answer 3

‘applied himself to the creation of a new style, revolutionary in its severity and uncompromising in its idealistic purity’

Question 4

michelle facos (canova) an introduction to nineteenth century art 2011

Answer 4

a ‘nude contemporary person’ evokes ‘feelings of vulnerability, embarrassment, or even humour’ instead of ‘universality, antiquity, timelessness, and heroism’

Question 5

allan greenberg lutyens’ cenotaph 1989

Answer 5

‘by relying on understatement… his monument enabled the grief and passion of a nation’s mourning’

‘an outward appearance of simply repose… dependent on more complex rhythms’