The Great War and The Great War and Cultural MemoryCultural Memory

Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the SommeThiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme

Thiepval Thiepval

(Sir Edwin (Sir Edwin Lutyens, Lutyens, 1928-32)1928-32)

Tyne Cot cemeteryTyne Cot cemetery

Menin Gate (Ypres)Menin Gate (Ypres)

Menin GateMenin Gate

Menin Gate (inside of the earch)Menin Gate (inside of the earch)

War memorial War memorial (Aldeburgh, (Aldeburgh, Suffolk)Suffolk)

Sir Edwin Lutyens: Cenotaph, Sir Edwin Lutyens: Cenotaph, LondonLondon

„„Curiously symptomatic – Curiously symptomatic – that thing. Monument to that thing. Monument to the dread of swank – the dread of swank – most characteristic” (20). most characteristic” (20). Post-war aversion to „the Post-war aversion to „the fine, the large, the florid fine, the large, the florid [...] No far-sighted views, [...] No far-sighted views, no big schemes, no great no big schemes, no great principles” principles”

(Sir Lawrence Monk in (Sir Lawrence Monk in John Galsworthy: John Galsworthy: The The White MonkeyWhite Monkey, 1924, 1924

The Cenotaph in WhitehallThe Cenotaph in Whitehall

Remembrance poppiesRemembrance poppies

David Jones: David Jones: Soldier in Soldier in TrenchTrench

Sir William Sir William Orpen:Orpen:

Soldiers Resting Soldiers Resting at the Frontat the Front

Eric Kennington: Gassed and WoundedEric Kennington: Gassed and Wounded

Richard Nevinson: La patrieRichard Nevinson: La patrie

Richard Nevinson: Paths of GloryRichard Nevinson: Paths of Glory

John Singer Sargent. GassedJohn Singer Sargent. Gassed

Eric Eric Kennington:Kennington:

Making Making Soldiers (The Soldiers (The Gas Mask)Gas Mask)

Percy Smith: Men in Gas MasksPercy Smith: Men in Gas Masks

Nevinson: French Troops RestingNevinson: French Troops Resting

Nevinson:Column on MarchNevinson:Column on March

Nevinson: Returning to the TrenchesNevinson: Returning to the Trenches

Richard Nevinson: Night ArrivalsRichard Nevinson: Night Arrivals

Paul Nash: Ypres Salient at Night Paul Nash: Ypres Salient at Night

Wyndham Lewis: A Battery ShelledWyndham Lewis: A Battery Shelled

Wyndham Lewis:Wyndham Lewis:

Cover of the war Cover of the war issue of issue of BlastBlast

Paul Nash: Menin RoadPaul Nash: Menin Road

Richard Nevinson: After a PushRichard Nevinson: After a Push

William Orpen: ZonnebekeWilliam Orpen: Zonnebeke

Paul Nash: We Are Making a New WorldPaul Nash: We Are Making a New World

From Abel Gance: From Abel Gance: J’accuseJ’accuse

J’accuseJ’accuse

Percy Smith: Death AwedPercy Smith: Death Awed

Percy Smith: Death PondersPercy Smith: Death Ponders

Percy Smith: Death RefusesPercy Smith: Death Refuses

Otto Dix: Der Krieg tryptich (1929-32)Otto Dix: Der Krieg tryptich (1929-32)