War

Description

Segment one of this program addresses the anxiety and suffering surrounding World War I through Sir William Orpen's Zonnebeke, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska's Bird Swallowing a Fish, and Max Beckman's Carnival. Segment two reflects on the fear and anguish of World War II with Salvador Dali's Mountain Lake and Francis Bacon's triptych Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion. Segment three captures the doubts and deep-seated grief of post-war Europe through Jean Fautrier's Large Tragic Head, Alberto Giacometti's Standing Woman, and Hannah Collins' In the Course of Time II, a chilling reminder of the Holocaust.

Runtime

15 min

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Date of Publication

[2007], c2003

Database

Films on Demand

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