Grand Illusions - American Art and the First World War

Zusatztext Grand Illusions is a timely, entertaining and provocative invitation to explore and understand a rich but hitherto little-known corner of American art history. Informationen zum Autor David M. Lubin is Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art at Wake Forest University. A former critic for Rolling Stone, he is the author of several books including Picturing a Nation: Art and Social Change in Nineteenth-Century America (Yale UP, 1996), and Shooting Kennedy: JFK and the Culture of Images (University of California Press, 2003). Klappentext Taking readers on a tour of the major historical events during and immediately after World War I, Grand Illusions considers the famous and forgotten artists and artworks that sought to make sense of America's first total war. Zusammenfassung Taking readers on a tour of the major historical events during and immediately after World War I, Grand Illusions considers the famous and forgotten artists and artworks that sought to make sense of America's first total war. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part One 1. War, Modernism, and the American Spirit 2. Dangerous Waters 3. Mirroring Masculinity 4. Morning in America 5. Duchamp's Fountain Part Two 6. To See or Not to See 7. Artists in Uniform 8. Fixing Faces 9. Monsters at Home 10. Epilogue: Men, Machines, and Apes Works Cited Index

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• Authors: David M Lubin, David M. (Charlotte C. Weber Professor of A Lubin, David M. (Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art Lubin, Lubin David M.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.10.2018
• EAN: 9780190906641
• ISBN: 978-0-19-090664-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; USA, The arts: general issues, ART / History / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, ART / American / General, History of Art, United States of America, USA, c 1910 to c 1919, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I, The arts: general topics