London's Burning
Life, Death and Art in the Second World War
Stanford University Press
Published on 1. May 1994
Book
Hardback
215 pages
978-0-8047-2340-4 (ISBN)
Description
During the First World War, the most important British works of art inspired by war were the poems and paintings of young artists whose lives were at risk in battle. During the Second World War, when the Blitz made civilians in London and elsewhere almost as vulnerable as those at the front, it could be argued that the greatest artistic achievements were by civilian artists. This book examines, from a historical and cultural perspective, the rich outpouring of art in Great Britain during the war years. It does this through a close study of the lives and wartime work of the sculptor Henry Moore, the documentary filmmaker Humphrey Jennings, and the composer Benjamin Britten.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Palo Alto
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
44 half-tones
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 169 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
727 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8047-2340-4 (9780804723404)
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