Showing Resistance - Propaganda and Modernist Exhibitions in Britain, 193353

This study charts how exhibitions were used for propaganda and political intervention during the two decades from 1933: giving urgent warnings against the rise of fascism, providing practical information about how to live frugally and signalling international political alignments, beliefs and affiliations.

About the author

Christopher Frayling is Rector of the Royal College of Art in London, and the author of 16 books on design and popular culture.

Summary

This study charts how exhibitions were used for propaganda and political intervention during the two decades from 1933: giving urgent warnings against the rise of fascism, providing practical information about how to live frugally and signalling international political alignments, beliefs and affiliations. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Harriet Atkinson, Atkinson Harriet
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2024
• EAN: 9781526157416
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-5741-6
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Studies in Design and Material Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Bauhaus, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, DESIGN / History & Criticism, Modernism, Industrial / commercial art & design, Material Culture, Social and cultural history, history of design, Art & design styles: Modernist design & Bauhaus, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections