24. 军事,1914-1915`Military, 1914-1915 by Marsden Hartley 高清作品[30%]

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军事,1914-1915-马斯登·哈特利

-Marsden Hartley developed a personal language of symbols that he used in his paintings like a code to be deciphered. In Military, these signs record impressions of parades and celebrations that Hartley witnessed while living in Berlin in the years before World War I. Bright colors and geometric shapes recall the ribbons, medallions and banners of military pageantry. Some of these symbols refer to a Prussian soldier named Karl von Freyburg, who was a close friend of Hartley and was killed in 1914. Forexample, the four-petaled red and black shape near the center of the canvas alludes to von Freyburg\'s membership in the fourth regimental unit of the 德国艺术家 Kaiser\'s guards. When combined with the red \"2\" painted below, it also symbolizes the number 24---von Freyburg\'s age when he died. More generally, the red cross on a white background denotes the flag of the International Red Cross as a reminder of humanitarian concerns amidst the loss and destruction of war.