British Art in the Cultural Field, 1939-69

Informationen zum Autor Lisa Tickner is Professor Emerita of Art History at Middlesex University and Visiting Professor at the Courtauld Institute of Art where she teaches an MA on 'Modernism in Britain, 1890-1970'. She is the author of four books, the co-editor of four more, and has published widely on topics in nineteenth- and twentieth-century British art history. Her publications include: Hornsey 1968: The Art School Revolution (2008); Dante Gabriel Rossetti (2003); Modern Life and Modern Subjects: British Art in the Early Twentieth Century (2000); and The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914 (1988). She is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Trustee of the Art Fund.David Peters Corbett is Professor of Art History and American Studies, and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of East Anglia. Editor of the journal Art History (2007-12), he has written widely on English and American art between 1850 and 1950 and is the author of The World in Paint: Modern Art and Visuality in England, 1848-1914 (2004); The Geographies of Englishness: Landscape and the National Past, 1880-1940 (2002); Walter Sickert (2001); and The Modernity of English Art, 1914-1930 (1997). Klappentext Informed by new research, this rich collection of thought-provoking essays presents a fresh assessment of British Art in the Cultural Field, 1939-69, locating influential artists, movements, institutions, and individual works against the changing economic and cultural landscape to shed new light on this seminal period in British art history.* International art historians explore many different aspects of the period which saw post-war austerity, decolonisation, and the birth of postmodernism* Takes a variety of approaches, from the broad canvas of the political economy of art to closely attentive readings of individual artists and works, from Bacon to Stirling, and the Independent Group to Pop Art* Invaluable for students and scholars of the field, as well as general readers, including the growing number of collectors of twentieth-century British art Zusammenfassung Informed by new research! this collection of essays presents a fresh assessment of British Art in the Cultural Field! 1939-69! locating influential artists! movements! institutions! and individual works against the changing economic and cultural landscape to shed new light on this seminal period in British art history. Inhaltsverzeichnis 6 Notes on Contributors8 Chapter 1 Being British and Going ... SomewhereLisa Tickner and David Peters Corbett18 Chapter 2 'The morrow we left behind': Landscape and the Rethinking of Modernism, 1939-53Chris Stephens36 Chapter 3 Sculpture for the Hand: Herbert Read in the Studio of Kurt SchwittersMegan R. Luke54 Chapter 4 Science, Art and Landscape in the Nuclear AgeCatherine Jolivette72 Chapter 5 Photography into Building in Post-war Architecture: The Smithsons and James StirlingClaire Zimmerman90 Chapter 6 Realism, Brutalism, PopAlex Potts116 Chapter 7 The Independent Group's 'Anthropology of Ourselves'Catherine Spencer138 Chapter 8 Dada's Mama: Richard Hamilton's Queer PopJonathan D. Katz156 Chapter 9 Francis Bacon: Painting after PhotographyMartin Hammer174 Chapter 10 Vulgar Pictures: Bacon, de Kooning, and the Figure under AbstractionAndrew R. Lee196 Chapter 11 'Export Britain': Pop Art, Mass Culture and the Export DriveLisa Tickner222 Chapter 12 Painting and Sculpture of a Decade '54-'64 RevisitedAndrew Stephenson244 Chapter 13 Varieties of Belatedness and Provincialism: Decolonization and British PopLeon Wainwright265 Index...

Table des matières

6 Notes on Contributors8 Chapter 1 Being British and Going ... SomewhereLisa Tickner and David Peters Corbett18 Chapter 2 'The morrow we left behind': Landscape and the Rethinking of Modernism, 1939-53Chris Stephens36 Chapter 3 Sculpture for the Hand: Herbert Read in the Studio of Kurt SchwittersMegan R. Luke54 Chapter 4 Science, Art and Landscape in the Nuclear AgeCatherine Jolivette72 Chapter 5 Photography into Building in Post-war Architecture: The Smithsons and James StirlingClaire Zimmerman90 Chapter 6 Realism, Brutalism, PopAlex Potts116 Chapter 7 The Independent Group's 'Anthropology of Ourselves'Catherine Spencer138 Chapter 8 Dada's Mama: Richard Hamilton's Queer PopJonathan D. Katz156 Chapter 9 Francis Bacon: Painting after PhotographyMartin Hammer174 Chapter 10 Vulgar Pictures: Bacon, de Kooning, and the Figure under AbstractionAndrew R. Lee196 Chapter 11 'Export Britain': Pop Art, Mass Culture and the Export DriveLisa Tickner222 Chapter 12 Painting and Sculpture of a Decade '54-'64 RevisitedAndrew Stephenson244 Chapter 13 Varieties of Belatedness and Provincialism: Decolonization and British PopLeon Wainwright265 Index

Commentaire

"This rich book will enchant art historians, scholars oflate modernism, as well as anyone interested in the culturalhistory of 20th-century Great Britain." (Cercles, 1April 2013)

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: David Peters Corbett, Lisa Tickner, Lisa Corbett Tickner, Lisa Peters Corbett Tickner
• Collaboration: David Peters Corbett (Editeur), Peters Corbett (Editeur), David Peters Corbett (Editeur), Lis Tickner (Editeur), Lisa Tickner (Editeur)
• Edition: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 21.09.2012
• EAN: 9781118275849
• ISBN: 978-1-118-27584-9
• Pages: 278
• Thèmes: Art History Special Issues; Art History Special Issues
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Histoire de l'art