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 the Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art at Wake Forest University. He is the author of Shooting Kennedy: JFK and the Culture of Images and Picturing a Nation: Art and Social Change in Nineteenth-Century America, among others. 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

Product details

• Authors: David (Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art Lubin, David M Lubin, David M. Lubin, Lubin David
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.05.2016
• EAN: 9780190218614
• ISBN: 978-0-19-021861-4
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; USA, Television, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, ART / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Films, cinema, History of Art, Film, TV & radio, United States of America, USA, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, History of the Americas, Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, ART / Movements / Modernism