Artists of World War II / Barbara McCloskey
- Bib ID:
- 3511037
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- McCloskey, Barbara, 1959-
- Online Version:
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- Description:
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- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005
- xix, 214 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0313321531
- Series:
- Artists of an era, 1541-955X.
- Summary:
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"The first global survey of art in World War II, this volume features selected biographies of artists and detailed discussions of war-era art worlds in China, France, Italy, Japan, Germany, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, Spain, and the United States. Readers can compare and contrast artists' experiences of war in these different countries. They will observe the artists' wide range of responses to war, from producing art works that actively supported the war effort, to criticism of death and destruction.".
"Chapters begin with short synopses of the art worlds in each of these countries leading up to World War II. Following this are approximately five detailed biographies of selected artists whose works exhibited a wide range of responses to the war efforts of their nation. Their works cover a range of artistic styles, from traditional to modern, and demonstrate the blurred boundaries of "art" and "propaganda" during this period. The influence of their works on World War II and how their communities, and the world, responded to those works, gives readers a unique view on the powerful influence of art in war."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Artists in China : between war and civil war
- 2. Artists in France : between collaboration and resistance
- 3. Artists in Germany : constructing the "thousand-year reich"
- 4. Artists in Great Britain : creating art as propaganda during the "blitz"
- 5. Artists in Italy : shaping a fascist culture of consensus
- 6. Artists in Japan : relating tradition and modernity to the art of "holy war"
- 7. Artists in the Soviet Union : defending communist utopia
- 8. Artists in Spain : waging a media war
- 9. Artists in the United States : selling war and peace in the "American century"
- Conclusion : remembering World War II.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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