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RE: Art Explained by a Writer: The Barricade (1918)
I'm amazed by the ideas that come to you just from looking at a painting. Which is brilliant, and I enjoy it. It's a great painting, especially because I imagine it must have been the scandal of that era. Even in literature, references to nudity weren't allowed (at least not in commercial literature).
It's a story I've read twice.
Look at the poses of the arms and legs, there's something odd about it as if those naked people aren't real and have nothing to do with the sceneray behind it.
There's no begging for their life, no fear expressed...
And in the middle it feels there's a jesus and hitler standing side to side and jesus his hand (wrist) is tied by himself (his own hand cleches his wrist).
It feels as if the painter has no idea what naked people look like, how people scared and begging for their lives, used as human shields, would stand or look like and if this group is later added. It's more theatre than reality shown that could impress what happened back then.
It reminds me of that song How Strange of The Hu.
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