Werner von giải quyết trên một công thức có thể bao gồm các tài khoản chứng kiến bằng mắt với một veneer facticity đáng tin cậy: "Tuy nhiên, bằng cách so sánh các lần xuất hiện họ kể lại tôi, mặc dù sau khi thực hiện thay đổi rất nhiều thành phần cuối cùng tôi đã thành công | von Werner settled on a formulation that covered the eye witness accounts with a veneer of trustworthy facticity However by comparing the occurrences they recounted to me albeit after making numerous changes to my composition in the end I succeeded in creating a picture that gave military clarity to the tumult mentioned in the General Staff report. 95 Begun in December and completed in January in his studio von Werner s composition of the charge of the French cavalry was drawn to a scale of 1 10. This picture that the artist created went far beyond the content of the written source material and the fragmentary and subjective reports of eyewitnesses moreover it bore no resemblance to the original On January 10 Crown Prince Friedrich came to the studio to see for himself how work was progressing. According to Bracht in the early stages of the project the Crown Prince who later stayed away from the panorama completely had tried to change its program. He suggested the Capture of Bazaille for the panorama s subject because then he would certainly have been included in the picture. This however was not an option for Prussian Berlin because of the overproportional participation of Bavarian contingents in this battle. Additionally civilians had been massacred at Bazaille in a veritable blood bath so that this was not a suitable object for portrayal. 97 Von Werner s composition presents the turmoil of battle to the observer in a way that is easily comprehensible and thus prepares the ground for a suggestive appeal to patriotism and warlike instincts. At the panorama s opening the Berliner Tageblatt commented Pictures of war and battle panoramas . . . also stir up the sparks of national honor in every man who is fit for military service. 98 The panorama s claim to represent the truth stood in contradiction to von Werner s composition which served the principle aim of demonstrating the alleged superiority and discipline of the Prussian soldier. L Art Industriel In
