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War and art : a visual history of modern conflict / by Bourke, Joanna,editor.;
In times of crisis, we often turn to artists for truth-telling and memory-keeping. There is no greater crisis than war, and in this sumptuously illustrated volume, we find a comprehensive visual, cultural, and historical account of the ways in which armed conflict has been represented by artists. Covering the last two centuries, from the Crimean War to the present day, the book shows how the artistic portrayal of war has changed, from a celebration of heroic exploits to a more modern, troubled, and perhaps truthful depiction of warfare and its consequences. The book investigates broad patterns as well as specific genres and themes of war art, and features more than 400 color illustrations by artists including Paul Nash, Judy Chicago, Pablo Picasso, Melanie Friend, Marc Chagall, Francis Bacon, Käthe Kollwitz, Joseph Beuys, Yves Klein, Robert Rauschenberg, Dora Meeson, Otto Dix, and many others. The volume also highlights the work of often overlooked artists, including children, non-Europeans, and prisoners of war. A wide range of subjects, from front-line combat to behind-the-lines wartime experiences are represented in paintings, etchings, photography, film, digital art, comics, and graffiti.Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-369) and index.Introduction / Joanna Bourke -- Histories. -- War imagery between the Crimean Campaign and 1914 / Sergiusz Michalski -- The two world wars / Monica Bohm-Duchen -- In the heat of the Cold War, 1945-77 / Sarah Wilson -- Contemporary war; contemporary art / Sue Malvern -- Genres. -- Propaganda, art and war / Jo Fox -- War and film / James Chapman -- Trench art: objects and people in conflict / Nicholas J. Saunders -- Visions of the apocalypse: documenting the hidden artwork of abandoned Cold War bases / John Schofield -- Artists. -- Kiyochika's last laughs: satirical war prints from the first Sino-Japanese (1894-5) and Russo-Japanese (1904-5) Wars / John D. Szostak -- 'In front of me is the war, and I battle with it with all my strength': the wars of Vasili Vereschagin and Natalia Goncharova / Anna Pilkington -- 'The most gruesome picture ever wanted': Otto Dix and the Truth of War / Gary Haines -- Käthe Kollwitz and the art of war / Jay Winter -- 'A concentrated utterance of total war': Paul Nash, C.R.W. Nevinson and the Great War / Paul Gough -- I do (not) challenge: Nancy Spero's War series / Jon Bird -- 'My name is David and I will be your war artist for the day': David Cotterrell shoots a video / Michael Corris -- Contexts. -- Drawn in blood and bone: the art of captives of war / Clare Makepeace -- The crayon war: how children drew the Great War / Manon Pignot -- Rape in the art of war / Joanna Bourke -- Video games, war and operational aesthetics / Patrick Crogan -- Art against war / Grace Brockington.
Subjects: War in art.; Art and war.; Art, Modern;
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The night portrait : a novel of World War II and Da Vinci's Italy / by Morelli, Laura,author.;
Includes bibliographical references, interview with the author, and Reading Group Guide discussion questions."Milan, 1492: When a sixteen-year old beauty becomes the mistress of the Duke of Milan, she must fight for her place in the palace, and against those who want her out. Soon, she finds herself sitting before Leonardo da Vinci, who wants to ensure his own place in the ducal palace by painting his most ambitious portrait to date. Munich, World War II: After a modest conservator unwittingly places a priceless Italian Renaissance portrait into the hands of a high-ranking Nazi leader, she risks her life to recover it, working with an American soldier, part of the famed Monuments Men team, to get it back. Two women, separated by 500 years, are swept up in the tide of history as one painting stands at the center of their quests for their own destinies."--Publisher description.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.; Art treasures in war; World War, 1939-1945; Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section; Cultural property; Women; Teenage girls; Mistresses; Nobility; Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519;
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At war, at sea : sailors and naval combat in the twentieth century / by Spector, Ronald H.,1943-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-447) and index.
Subjects: Naval art and science; Naval history, Modern; Sailors;
© 2002., Penguin Books,
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Women, art, and society / by Chadwick, Whitney.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 518-539) and index.Art history and the woman artist -- The Middle Ages -- The Renaissance ideal -- The other Renaissance -- Domestic genres and women painters in northern Europe -- Amateurs and academics : a new ideology of femininity in France and England -- Sex, class, and power in Victorian England -- Toward Utopia : moral reform and American art in the nineteenth century -- Separate but unequal : woman's sphere and the new art -- Modernism, Abstraction, and the new woman -- Modernist representation : the female body -- Gender, race, and Modernism after the Second World War -- Feminist art in North America and Great Britain -- New directions : a partial overview -- Worlds together, worlds apart -- A place to grow : personal visions, global concerns -- The enduring legacy of feminism.This 5th edition of one of the best-selling World of Art titles features a completely new chapter that charts the evolution of feminist art history and pedagogy since the 1970s, revealing how artists have developed and subverted the strategies of feminism. It is brought up to date with discussion of some of the most significant international women artists to have emerged in recent years, including Wangechi Mutu, Pae White, Yael Bartana, Jenny Saville, and Teresa Margolles.
Subjects: Women artists; Feminism and art.; Women in art.; Art and society.;
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The art of war / by Sunzi,active 6th century B.C.; Giles, Lionel,1875-1958.;
Laying plans -- Waging war -- Attack by stratagem -- Tactical dispositions -- Energy -- Weak points and strong -- Maneuvering -- Variation in tactics -- The army on the march -- Terrain -- The nine situations -- The attack by fire -- The use of spies.An ancient Chinese treatise on the strategies of war stresses the importance of speed, sound tactics, subterfuge, discipline, appropriate form of attack, and accurate intelligence.
Subjects: War; Military art and science;
© 2010., Simon & BrownPublishers,
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The Oxford illustrated history of World War II / by Overy, R. J.,editor.;
Includes bibliography (pages [455]-468) and index.A team of leading historians reassesses the conflict for a new generation, exploring the course of the war not just in terms of the Allied response but also from the view-point of the Axis aggressor states. Under Richard Overy's expert editorial guidance, the contributions take us from the genesis of war, through the action in the major theatres of conflict by land, sea, and air, to assessments of fighting power and military and technical innovation, the economics of total war, the culture and propaganda of war, and the experience of war (and genocide) for both combatants and civilians, concluding with an account of the transition from World War to Cold War in the late 1940s. Together, they provide a stimulating and thought-provoking new interpretation of one of the most terrible yet fascinating episodes in world history.
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945.; World War, 1939-1945;
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The rape of Europa : the fate of Europe's treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War / by Nicholas, Lynn H.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [467]-475) and index.
Subjects: Art thefts; World War, 1939-1945;
© 1994., Knopf,
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Graphic design : a new history / by Eskilson, Stephen,1964-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The origins of type and typography -- The nineteenth century: an expanding field -- Art nouveau: a new style for a new culture -- Sachplakat, the first World War, and Dada -- Modern art, modern graphic design -- Revolutions in design -- The Bauhaus and the new typography -- American modern and the second World War -- The triumph of the international style -- Postmodernism, the return of expression -- Contemporary graphic design.This 2nd edition of the history of graphic design explores its evolution from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Organized chronologically, the book illuminates the dynamic relationship between design and manufacturing, as well as the influence of technology, social change, and commercial forces on the course of design history. The layout of each chapter reflects the style of the period it describes, and more than 550 illustrations throughout the volume provide a visual record of over one hundred years of creative achievement in the field. This edition includes a new chapter on nineteenth-century design, and expanded sections on Swiss Style, Postmodernism, and contemporary design.
Subjects: Graphic arts; Commercial art;
© c2012., Yale University Press,
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Western warfare in the age of the Crusades, 1000-1300 / by France, John.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-320) and index.
Subjects: Crusades.; Military history, Medieval.; Military art and science;
© 1999., Cornell University Press,
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Twentieth-century American art / by Doss, Erika,1956-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Offers an overview of twentieth-century American art, exploring the relationships between American art, museums, and audiences in the era.
Subjects: Art, American;
© 2002., Oxford University Press,
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