Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Fox, James, 1982-
Title:
British art and the First World War, 1914-1924 / James Fox (Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge).
Published / Created:
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Physical Description:
xii, 233 pages, 11 numbered pages of plates ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The outbreak of war and the business of art -- Perceptions of art -- The arts mobilize -- War pictures : truth, fiction, function -- Peace pictures : escapism, consolation, catharsis -- Art and society after the war.
Subject Terms:
World War, 1914–1918 -- Art and the war. | World War, 1914–1918 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain. | Art, British -- 20th century. | Artists -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. | Art and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. | Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. | World War (1914–1918) | Art and society. | Art and war. | Art, British. | Artists. | Intellectual life. | Social aspects. | Great Britain.
Form/Genre:
History.