Triumph of the Dead - American World War II Cemeteries, Monuments, and Diplomacy in France

An investigation into the relationship between history, art, architecture, memory, and diplomacy

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Kate Clarke Lemay is a historian at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC. Her research honors include an IIE Fulbright research grant and two grants from the Terra Foundation in American Art.

Zusammenfassung

Explores the relationship between art, architecture, war memory, and Franco-American relations. Kate Clarke Lemay addresses the many functions, both original and more recent, that the American war cemeteries have performed, such as war memorials, diplomatic gestures, Cold War political statements, prompts for debate about Franco-American relations, and the nature of French identity itself.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Kate Clarke Lemay
• Verlag: The University of Alabama Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9780817319816
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-1981-6
• Seiten: 256
• Serien: War, Memory, and Culture; War, Memory, and Culture
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Kunstgeschichte