This is a painting that depicts the Civil War as a brave, heroic time. The giant confederate flag waving through the air epitomizes this theme of glorifying war.
This is a website that depicts true photographs taken from the Civil War- as you can see, there are stark differences between these photographs and that painting. These photographs depict the true nature of war, and we know that they are true because a photograph represents reality, while a painting depicts something we create from our own imagination.
Of course, photographs can be edited. These days, anyone can learn how to use a photoshop in a matter of hours. But these pictures depict a time when photoshop didn't exist- this is the time when photographs could truly be taken as they are. I think that's why film became so wildly popular in such a short amount of time- as Hovagimyan mentions, film incorporates multiple kinds of media. It combines the apparent reality of a photograph with the wild, imaginative creativity of a painting through editing techniques.
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