This is a truly encyclopaedic 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 of 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. Particular attention is paid to work produced in response to the First and Second World Wars and to more recent art and memorial work by artists as diverse as Barbara Kruger, Alfredo Jarr and Maya Lin. The book looks finally to the reactions of contemporary artists such as Langlands and Bell to the US invasion in 2001 of Afghanistan and the War in Iraq.
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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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I didn't like how the pictures are all in B&W in this book, and the few pictures that actually are included are too small to make out the finer details. This book mentions a ton of artwork that is not shown. Maybe the author thought you would be reading this book and googling pictures of the artwork as you go since that would be easier than reading the 1000 words. The book isn't very long and just skims over huge expanses of history, especially the coolest part which was ancient Greek and Roman war art. The critique of the artwork is thoughtful, I just wish they made the book thicker to fit in more pictures.
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Any understanding or recognition of war art presumes a prior knowledge of the war culture that has underwritten its creation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
official war art, collection unknown, war artists, war paintings, military magazines, war pictures, art programmes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
First World War, Second World War, Vietnam War, New York, Great War, Cold War, Spanish Civil War, World Trade Center, Mickey Mouse, Otto Dix, New World, North America, Canadian War Museum, Combat Art Program, Paul Nash, Picasso's Guernica, The Disasters of War, United Kingdom, Wellington House, Leon Golub, Richard Serra, Stanley Spencer, Star of David, Abbott Laboratories, Edward Ardizzone New!
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Any understanding or recognition of war art presumes a prior knowledge of the war culture that has underwritten its creation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
official war art, collection unknown, war artists, war paintings, military magazines, war pictures, art programmes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
First World War, Second World War, Vietnam War, New York, Great War, Cold War, Spanish Civil War, World Trade Center, Mickey Mouse, Otto Dix, New World, North America, Canadian War Museum, Combat Art Program, Paul Nash, Picasso's Guernica, The Disasters of War, United Kingdom, Wellington House, Leon Golub, Richard Serra, Stanley Spencer, Star of David, Abbott Laboratories, Edward Ardizzone New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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