Cowpens; history + art in movie series REVOLUTIONARY WAR by Discovery
Archimedes Plutonium
Archimedes...@dartmouth.edu (Archimedes Plutonium) writes:
> THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR vol. III, 1995, 90 minutes
I recently gave a definition and an outline of a theory on art.
Briefly, I suggested that art is mainly linked to history in that most
of history had no photo camera, and thus the hand at drawing had to be
relied upon in the past to capture snapshots of history. And that the
most important artworks of the past captured important history. In the
theory of art, I gave the implication that drawing with paint on canvas
was mostly dead and that the new form of art-- movies had replaced
paint on canvas.
Thus a modern day art masterpiece is not some painters painting
painted in 1995, but rather a masterpiece of 1995 of art is this movie
series THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. And this series relies heavily upon
paintings of the actual War. There are many paintings of George
Washington, of course. But it is sad that the painters did not try to
capture what they saw of the battles, say like Cowpens or Yorktown.
But in this movie series we clearly see what the meaning of art is.
It was the capture of history, a snapshot of history for there were no
photo cameras in 1770s - 1780s. And the best way to make the visuals of
this documentary movie is to use the paintings of that time period. And
all of the paintings of that time period are valuable and are truly
"art". They are the authentic visuals of that time period.