ipl-logo

Analysis Of The Battle Of Calville By Howard Pyle

601 Words3 Pages

The painting “The Battle of Nashville” by Howard Pyle (1853-1911) was painted in 1906 and is now hanging in the Governor’s suite of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul (mprnews.org). Figure 1 Image from Minnesota Capitol Pyle’s painting of “The Battle of Nashville” depicts the horrific scene of the charge of the 9th and 5th Minnesota Infantry Regiments across a cornfield by using dark colors, showing all the bodies down, and keeping the background of the painting bare. The cornfield that the battle took place in is near Shy Hill which we can see in the background of Pyle’s painting. Pyle’s combination of dark colors, having all the bodies down, and the bare background of the painting depicts the sadness and darkness of the Minnesota Civil War. …show more content…

At the top of the painting, Pyle uses smoke to make the picture look gloomy. The smoke is spreading over some of the soldiers that are located at the back of the painting and making it hard to see them. The smoke is covering most of the background of the painting, so you see nothing but smoke and a hill in the background. All of that smoke covering the background of the painting and some of the soldiers make the painting look really depressing. The rest of the painting that is not covered in smoke is painted in very dark colors. The combination of the hazy smoke and dark colors make the painting of the Minnesota Civil War gloomy. The second way that Pyle depicted gloominess in war in his painting is by having bodies lying all over the painting. If you look at his painting you will see several bodies lying there covered in the corn from the field. To me, you can’t do anything gloomier than having dead bodies lying all over your painting. Pyle is showing how gloomy, sad, and tough a war can be by having all of those soldiers lying dead all over his painting about the Minnesota Civil

Show More
Related
350 Words | 2 Pages

Everyone there must have been able to clearly visualize what it was like, and how the field was soaked with blood. He describes how horrible the fighting really was when he talks about the “smoke and hot lead pouring right through” the bodies of the soldiers. Coach Boone uses this imagery to draw the connection between present day and the past. He states that they are still fighting the same way, that there is figurative, and literal, smoke and hot lead pouring through their bodies by the way his team and community act toward each other. All this is for an appeal to their emotion.

Read More
356 Words | 2 Pages

In August 1955, FLN members (predominantly Muslim), attack colons or European immigrants. They were successful in the sense that they killed 123 colons. The attack started at noon, in Phillipville. The FLN had informed the local muslims that an Egyptian force had landed on the coast and soon the French would be expelled from Algeria. Armed with clubs and sticks, axes, knives and pitchforks, the Muslim peasants chanted “Jihad!

Read More
1137 Words | 5 Pages

But they were met only by a deadly volley of rifle fire. At this point the Confederate Colors fell many of times. Finally realizing they could no longer hold their position the Confederates fell back crossing the bridge trying to still defend their position and losing many Confederate soldiers. They were order to retreat to Honey Springs were they held their

Read More
194 Words | 1 Pages

The Battle of Fort Ticonderoga also knows as The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga, took place on Lake Champlain in northeastern New York, Fort Ticonderoga. This Battle started on May 10, 1775. The British and American soldiers were fighting in this battle because the of the strategic location also it was still considered "the gateway to the continent". The leaders/ generals of this battle were Jeffery Amherst and 1st Baron Amherst.

Read More
914 Words | 4 Pages

The Battle of Lundy’s Lane was fought in the evening of July 25, 1814. Major General Jacob Brown learned the whereabouts of the British and sent General Scott and approximately 1080 American troops to attack. Over the course of battle, both sides were reinforced with more soldiers, both fought for the possession of a critical hilltop position. The British and Americans fought at close range as night fell.

Read More
1626 Words | 7 Pages

Intelligence information has been integrated and used when preparing for battle for centuries. Depending on the accuracy of the information and how the information is used, it can lead to a victory or a battle of defeat. The decisions made by the commander during The Battle of Wabash significantly affected the outcome due to the commander ignoring reported intelligence of value. No other battle was more devastating for the United States Army in terms of the casualty to combat strength than The Battle of Wabash. Major General Arthur St. Clair was the commanding officer ultimately responsible for the overall casualty rate of 97.4 percent (Hickman, 2016).

Read More
751 Words | 4 Pages

Wednesday August 16, 1780, history changed, and it all started by a collision in the woods. They called this history changing battle the Battle of Camden. The Battle of Camden played a big role in the American Revolution. Although the battle wasn’t in great favor of both sides. The battle of Camden was one of Britain’s most important battles of all the American Revolution.

Read More
503 Words | 3 Pages

The Civil War is seen as disastrous, upsetting, and a new start for America. In Across Five Aprils, written by Irene Hunt, she shows all of those feelings. The Civil War was a hard time for many families. Their son’s are going to war, they still have to work, and they need someone to protect the family. You worry for your safety, and your children’s.

Read More
637 Words | 3 Pages

Name of Document: A Southern Woman Describes the Hardship of War - 1862 A. List four things the author said that you think are important: 1.The townspeople fears the fact that the southerns will lose the town. 2. Laura and other southerns didn’t expect to see the Union invade Tennessee so quickly. 3.All communication with the brother will be lost if the Union captures their town.

Read More
949 Words | 4 Pages

His exceptional work of The Old Homestead presents a dejected scenery of a farm, which was painted during the peak of the Civil War in 1862. Both Yardsale and The Old Homestead were created by the artists with meaningful purposes, and they incorporate contrary feelings

Read More
1667 Words | 7 Pages

Before World War I, all of Europe in 1914, was tense and like a bomb or a fire was waiting to erupt. Europe had not seen a major war in years, but due to Militarism, Imperialism, Alliances, and Nationalism tensions grew high. Each country was competing to be the best by gaining more territory and growing in their military size and successful economies. World War 1 was waiting to happen and the assassination of the Archduke was the spark that lit Europe up. In All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque we see the effects of the assassination.

Read More
957 Words | 4 Pages

The sun beams from the sky are lighting up a small area of the painting and the rest is dark and gloomy. The gloominess of the painting represents dark and depressing times while the brightness of the sky creeps through thick dark clouds. This represents heaven because heaven is so large and bright and amazing that even though life is hard and seems like the world is ending, there is always something greater out there. Personally, I love this painting. I really like how Dore paints that trees and valley dark because it really highlights the beams from the sun.

Read More
544 Words | 3 Pages

The Battle of Gettysburg: Why was it a turning point? The Battle of Gettysburg was a major turning point because of geography. Gettysburg was the confederacy’s northern attack. The Union campaign was a solid line while the Confederacy was a broken line (Document A).

Read More
275 Words | 2 Pages

Jones believes that it’s expected that United States government would make exceptions to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act for allies and other countries which are “vital” to us as a nations. Her ideas come from her perception that children are being coerced into becoming soldiers on American soil. Jones believes JROTC programs and other forms of military education for minors is the United States own more civilized form of creating child soldiers. I have to disagree with Jones’s belief.

Read More
105 Words | 1 Pages

he, in a subtle sarcasm, mocks society 's idealization of the harsh reality of war and its dismissal of the pain and torture experienced by the soldiers till their inevitable demise when he mentions that the wretched soldiers are thought to be "hankering for wreaths and tombs and hearses. " By virtue of a combination of the DEATH IS DEPARTURE and DEATH IS NIGHT conceptual metaphors, we read the linguistic expression "go west" as denoting the soldiers ' death. And via the DEATH IS GOING TO A FINAL DESTINATION metaphor, we visualize the "tombs" as the final destination to which their bodies are sent with "wreaths" in "hearses."

Read More

More about Analysis Of The Battle Of Calville By Howard Pyle

Related Topics

Open Document