The tiger in the smoke : art and culture in post-war Britain / Lynda Nead.
Published / Created:
New Haven : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, [2017]
Physical Description:
vii, 407 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-399) and index.
Contents:
The tiger in the smoke -- Broken buildings and 'horrid empty spaces' -- To let in the sunlight -- Learning to think in colour -- 'Thirty thousand colour problems' -- Battersea, Whitechapel and the colours of culture -- Bill and Betty set up home -- An English Sunday afternoon -- Woman in a dressing gown.
Subject Terms:
Art and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. | Domestic space -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. | Color in visual communication. | Visual perception. | Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century. | Art and society. | Color in visual communication. | Domestic space. | Social conditions. | Visual perception. | Great Britain.