Sig Bang Schmidt Great War Art: Marching 02

Repetition and Movement in War Memory

Marching figures are often more than a military scene in Great War art. They suggest discipline, repetition and the loss of individual identity inside a larger machine of war. This image can help frame the soldier’s movement as both physical advance and symbolic passage into danger.

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