Artists of World War II

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Bloomsbury Academic, 30/05/2005 - 214 páginas

The first global survey of art in WWII, 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.

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Art and War
Laura Brandon
Pré-visualização indisponível - 2007

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BARBARA McCLOSKEY is an associate professor of art history at the University of Pittsburg. She is the author of "George Grosz and the Communist Party: Art and Radicalism in Crisis, 1918 to 1936."

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