
War Paint
Art, War, State and Identity in Britain, 1939-1945
Brian Foss(Author)
Yale University Press
Published on 19. July 2007
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-0-300-10890-3 (ISBN)
Description
In this groundbreaking examination of British war art during the Second World War, Brian Foss delves deeply into what art meant to Britain and its people at a time when the nation's very survival was under threat. Foss probes the impact of war art on the relations between art, state patronage, and public interest in art, and he considers how this period of duress affected the trajectory of British Modernism. Supported by some two hundred illustrations and extensive archival research, the book offers the richest, most nuanced view of mid-century art and artists in Britain yet written.
The author focuses closely on Sir Kenneth Clark's influential War Artists' Advisory Committee and explores topics ranging from censorship to artists' finances, from the depiction of women as war workers to the contributions of war art to evolving notions of national identity and Britishness. Lively and insightful, the book adds new dimensions to the study of British art and cultural history.
Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
The author focuses closely on Sir Kenneth Clark's influential War Artists' Advisory Committee and explores topics ranging from censorship to artists' finances, from the depiction of women as war workers to the contributions of war art to evolving notions of national identity and Britishness. Lively and insightful, the book adds new dimensions to the study of British art and cultural history.
Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Adult education
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
175 b-w + 35 colour
Dimensions
Height: 275 mm
Width: 225 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
1324 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-10890-3 (9780300108903)
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Person
Brian Foss is professor, Department of Art History, Concordia University, Montreal.