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Art and War
Laura Brandon
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Description for Art and War
Hardback. An encyclopedic survey of artists' responses - both 'official' and personal - to 'the horrors of war'. This work reveals the diversity of artists' portrayals of this most devastating aspect of the human condition - from the 'heroic' paintings of Benjamin West and John Singer Sargent to brutal and iconic works by artists from Goya to Picasso. Series: Art and Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: AC; AG; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
This is a truly encyclopedic survey of artists' responses - both 'official' and personal - to 'the horrors of war'. "Art and War" reveals the sheer diversity of artists' portrayals of this most devastating aspect of the human condition - from the 'heroic' paintings of Benjamin West and John Singer Sargent to brutal and iconic works by artists from Goya to Picasso, and the equally oppositional work of Leon Golub, Nancy Spero and others who reacted with fury to the Vietnam War. Laura Brandon pays particular attention to work produced in response to World War I and World War II, ... Read more
This is a truly encyclopedic survey of artists' responses - both 'official' and personal - to 'the horrors of war'. "Art and War" reveals the sheer diversity of artists' portrayals of this most devastating aspect of the human condition - from the 'heroic' paintings of Benjamin West and John Singer Sargent to brutal and iconic works by artists from Goya to Picasso, and the equally oppositional work of Leon Golub, Nancy Spero and others who reacted with fury to the Vietnam War. Laura Brandon pays particular attention to work produced in response to World War I and World War II, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Series
Art and Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845112363
SKU
V9781845112363
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About Laura Brandon
Laura Brandon is Curator of War Art for the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. Her books include 'Art or Memorial?: The Forgotten History of Canada's War Art' (University of Calgary Press).
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