" War's Anguish" Project 1: ReConstruct Art for Art Appreciation

" War's Anguish" Project 1: ReConstruct Art for Art Appreciation Class Referenced from "Anguish" by August Friedrich Schenck

In "Anguish" by August Friedrich Schenck, a mother sheep is wailing in despair over the death of her lamb as she is surrounded by a murder of crows. This resonated with viewers in the 1870s due to various reasons, such as the mortality rate from diseases and the death of Prince Albert, as well as the book by Charles Darwin, "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals." The pain and loss depicted is once again shown in my "War's Anguish," in which the sheep is replaced with a mother mourning the loss of her child, representing the sacrifices the mother went through, only for them to lead to nothing due to the harsh reality of war. I wish to convey the immense pain of losing a child to the cruelty of war and the parallels between animals and humans through the medium of digital art, as its social motivation allows for easier sharing and discussion on the problems of war on social media platforms. War does not pick or choose who to kill and align with, as we humans have become like animals, easy to kill like prey or ruthless like predators. In the efforts of the United Nations against war, there is the fight between Russia and Ukraine and the Uighur concentration camps in China, while Israel bombs children in Palestine. The stark contrast between the peaceful look of the child and the pain from the mother desperate to cling onto them before crying out shows the consequences of war, as they are surrounded by soldiers, where you couldn't decide whether they are friends to mourn with you or foes waiting to strike, thus replacing the ambiguous intention of the crows from the original painting. Shall we let "War's Anguish" continue in this day and age?

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