Thursday, July 30, 2020

After the Victory



Two pages from a French children's flip book published in 1919. The theme was rebuilding after the war and featured before and after images reinforcing the idea of a return to normal. 

Jennifer Farrell, World War 1 and the Visual Arts. The Met 2018

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Agriculture is impossible in many areas fought over in World War 1, due to unexploded shells and toxic chemicals in the ground.

See: https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/after-100-years-world-war-i-battlefields-are-poisoned-and-uninhabitable