War and art - A Visual History of Modern COnflict

This sumptuously illustrated volume, edited by eminent war historian Joanna Bourke, offers a comprehensive visual, cultural and historical account of the ways in which armed conflict has been represented in art.

About the author

Joanna Bourke is Professor Emerita of History at Birkbeck, University of London, a Fellow of the British Academy, and OBE. She is also the Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College. Her many books include Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence (Reaktion, 2022).Joanna Bourke is Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London, a Fellow of the British Academy, and the Gresham Professor of Rhetoric (until 2023). Her many books include The Story of Pain: From Prayer to Painkillers (2014) and War and Art: A Visual History of Modern Conflict (2017).

Product details

• Authors: Joanna Bourke
• Assisted by: Joanna Bourke (Editor), Tom Moore (Editor)
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781780238463
• ISBN: 978-1-78023-846-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 222 mm x 288 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / General, military history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Man-made objects depicted in art (cityscapes, machines, etc), Human made objects depicted in the arts