... the writer. The question in art therefore become how useful is this piece of art? For example, if you are doing a research paper in which factual details are important, a poem or a painting are probably not the best art forms to use as examples. On the other hand, if you are writing about the root causes of war, then poetry or paintings might be of use. Finally, if you were trying to teach a moral truth, a drama that is not entirely historically accurate might be useful because the author puts certain morals into his main character. Four genres stand out and need to be examined for their usefulness as well as their accuracy: paintings, drama, memoirs and diaries. The first genre to examine is probably the least accurate, paintings. The reason that paintings are inaccurate depictions of war is that a painting is painted a long time after ...

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