massacre at Chios

• places affected by war

  • cliff edges and sea = island = vulnerable - greek island but closer to turkey
  • infrastructure destroyed = stripped of prosperity - greek war of independence
  • signs of previous prosperity - fabric an jewels on floor
  • place of innocence shown through dead mother and child = ruthless killings
  • religious place - man wounded in chest = christ = religious tension - Greece was christian, turkey was muslim
  • their poverty is emphasised by the ottoman soldier - ornate clothing = wealthy
• specified painter/war depiction

  • cliff edges and sea = island = vulnerable - greek island but closer to turkey
  • infrastructure destroyed = stripped of prosperity - greek war of independence
  • dead mother and child and granny = ruthless killings, brutal
  • man wounded in chest, woman in blue = christ and Mary = religious tension - Greece was christian, turkey was muslim
  • ottoman soldier - ornate clothing = wealthy
  • horse = wild eyes and foaming at mouth = animalistic nature of ottomans