Trench Art (Shire Library) [Paperback]

Nicholas J. Saunders (Author)

Book Description

Series: Shire Library | Publication Date: March 4, 2008

Trench art is the evocative but misleading name given to a dazzling array of objects associated mainly with the First World War and the inter-war years (191439). Many items are recycled battlefield debris, notably artillery shell cases, often decorated with Art Nouveau motifs. Other objects, made from bullets and shrapnel, include letter-openers, cigarette lighters, enigmatic crucifixes, and artful miniature aeroplanes and tanks. Equally ingenious are talismanic and 'sweetheart' jewellery, embroideries, and items carved from stone, bone and wood. This book describes the different types of trench art, the techniques used to make them, and their historical and personal values to the soldiers, prisoners-of-war and families who made and bought them. Long ignored, trench art reveals a lost world of the Great War and its aftermath.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Shire (March 4, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0747805431
• ISBN-13: 978-0747805434
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.7 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,747,909 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Trench Art Illustrated, July 9, 2003

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Floyd W. McRae (Atlanta, Ga United States) - See all my reviews

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Very well writen and profusely illustrated. The "bible" on this material, especially from WW I. Floyd McRae, Col, USAF, {Ret}. Western Front Assn.