简介：Oscar-winningactorEddieRedmayneexploreswarartandhowconflict'scompellingstimulustotheimaginationhascreatedsomeofourrichestandmostpowerfulartisticinspiration.Hetakesanintenselyemotionaljourney,visitingartists'studios,museumsandtravellingtobattlefieldlocationstodiscoverhowartistshaveshoneapowerfullightintotheabyssofwarfare,leavingauniquelegacy. Redmayne,whostudiedHistoryofArtatCambridgeUniversity,meetscontemporarywarartists,soldiersandhistoriansandtravelstoFlanderswherehecomesfacetofacewithremindersofthefallen.TheFirstWorldWarhadmoreservingartiststhananyotherwarinhistory.RedmayneexplorestheiconiccanvassesoftheGreatWar-PaulNash,StanleySpencer,JohnSingerSargentandHenryTonks,aswellasthemodernistsC.R.W.NevinsonandDavidBomberg,whosecontroversialartrespondedtotheweaponryofthenewmachineworldinrevolutionarynewforms,changingtheartisticlandscapeforever.Redmaynetravelsbehindthescenestoseewararthiddenawayfrompublicview-somecensored,someneverseenonfilmbefore. Thechallengeforartistsofdepictingwarcontinuestoday.Redmaynemeetscontemporarywarartiststoseehowthisartformisasvitalnowasiteverwas,includingGeorgeButler(Syria)andGraemeLothian(Afghanistan),reportageartistJuliaMidgleyandofficialwarartistPeterHowson(Bosnia),whoseworkwascensored.…