Art and War (Art and... Series)
by Laura Brandon
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, as well as to more re.
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Art and War (Art and... Series)
December 26, 2006, I. B. Tauris
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1845112369 9781845112363
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Art and War (Art and... Series)
December 26, 2006, I. B. Tauris
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in English
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"Any understanding or recognition of war art presumes a prior knowledge of the war culture that has underwritten its creation."
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