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Artists of World War II
Barbara McCloskey
ISBN: 0-313-32153-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32153-5
248 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 5/30/2005
List Price: $62.95 (UK Sterling Price: £43.95)
Discount Price: $31.48 Sale Price for U.S. Customers Only. Save 50%. Ends 12/31/2009.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 7 x 10
Subjects:
Series Title: Artists of an Era
Reviews:
  • [E]xplores the work of representative artists within the political and social contexts of their times....[t]he writing vividly demonstrates the impact of war on art. Additional aids to students include a brief timeline and selective bibliographies for art in each country. This survey makes a useful addition to art history collections.
    —Lawrence Looks At Books     2005
  • [T]he first global survey of art during the war, and gathers biographies of such artists along with discussions of war-era art trends around the world. Of particular note are discussions which allow readers to compare not only artists' experiences of war in different countries, but their different responses to their experiences, from support of war efforts to criticism. Add discussions of the influence of artists' productions on war and you have an intriguing survey which goes beyond the art world.
    —MBR Bookwatch     September 2005
  • [P]resents a survey of WWII artists from most of the regions involved in combat.
    —Reference & Research Book News/Art Book News Annual     August 2005
  • [A]n excellent, thought-provoking art history. Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty researchers; general readers.
    —Choice     1/1/2006
Description: The first global survey of art in WWII, this volume features selected biographies of artists and detailed discussions of war-era art worlds in China, France, Italy, Japan, Germany, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, Spain, and the United States. Readers can compare and contrast artists' experiences of war in these different countries. They will observe the artists' wide range of responses to war, from producing art works that actively supported the war effort, to criticism of death and destruction.

Chapters begin with short synopses of the art worlds in each of these countries leading up to World War II. Following this are approximately five detailed biographies of selected artists whose works exhibited a wide range of responses to the war efforts of their nation. Their works cover a range of artistic styles, from traditional to modern, and demonstrate the blurred boundaries of art and propaganda during this period. The influence of their works on World War II and how their communities, and the world, responded to those works, gives readers a unique view on the powerful influence of art in war.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
    Acknowledgments
    Introduction: Art and World War II
    Artists in China: Between War and Civil War
    Artists in France: Between Collaboration and Resistance
    Artists in Germany: Constructing the "Thousand-Year Reich"
    Artists in Great Britain: Creating Art as Propaganda during "The Blitz"
    Artists of Italy: Shaping a Fascist Culture of Consensus
    Artists in Japan: Relating Tradition and Modernity to the Art of "Holy War"
    Artists in the Soviet Union: Defending Communist Utopia
    Artists in Spain: Waging a Media War
    Artists in the United States: Selling War and Peace in the "American Century"
    Conclusion: Remembering World War II
    Timeline
    Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: Barbara McCloskey is an associate professor of art history at the University of Pittsburg. She is the author of George Grosz and the Communist Party: Art and Radicalism in Crisis, 1918 to 1936.
LCC Class: 940
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