National Gallery of Art | Talks

The Art and Literature of the Great War


Listen Later

David Gariff, senior lecturer, National Gallery of Art. The First World War, known as the Great War, was also the first modern war, claiming millions of lives, in part, by newly invented weapons such as the machine gun, tank, aircraft, and poison gas. The arts of the period present a portrait of the terrible price paid by humanity—the carnage and suffering caused by the war were documented in paintings, sculptures, novels, memoirs, and poems produced both during, and immediately after, the struggle. In this presentation on March 27, 2019, senior lecturer David Gariff explores the responses of artists and writers to the trauma of the First World War, which transcended national boundaries. Paintings, sculptures, and prints by Otto Dix, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Käthe Kollwitz, Fernand Léger, John Singer Sargent, and Natalija Goncharova; poems by Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, and Anna Akhmatova; and memoirs and novels by Ernest Hemingway, Erich Maria Remarque, and Robert Graves are discussed against the backdrop of “the war to end all wars.”
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

National Gallery of Art | TalksBy National Gallery of Art, Washington

  • 4.1
  • 4.1
  • 4.1
  • 4.1
  • 4.1

4.1

94 ratings


More shows like National Gallery of Art | Talks

View all
In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time

5,456 Listeners

History Extra podcast by Immediate Media

History Extra podcast

3,190 Listeners

National Gallery of Art | Music by National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art | Music

7 Listeners

Gardeners' Question Time by BBC Radio 4

Gardeners' Question Time

282 Listeners

The Food Programme by BBC Radio 4

The Food Programme

268 Listeners

99% Invisible by Roman Mars

99% Invisible

26,210 Listeners

Dan Snow's History Hit by History Hit

Dan Snow's History Hit

4,670 Listeners

The History of Literature by Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate

The History of Literature

1,096 Listeners

The Great Women Artists by Katy Hessel

The Great Women Artists

512 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

15,513 Listeners

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart by Comedy Central

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

10,628 Listeners

This Cultural Life by BBC Radio 4

This Cultural Life

88 Listeners

The Rest Is Entertainment by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Entertainment

874 Listeners

The Rest Is Politics: US by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Politics: US

2,211 Listeners

In The News This Week (the Have I Got News For You podcast) by In The News This Week (the Have I Got News For You podcast)

In The News This Week (the Have I Got News For You podcast)

25 Listeners

Stories in Colour by The National Gallery

Stories in Colour

13 Listeners