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Author:

Nead, Lynda, author.

Title:

The tiger in the smoke : art and culture in post-war Britain / Lynda Nead.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

vii, 407 pages ; 27 cm

Subject:

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.
1900-1999
History.

Other Authors:

Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references 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.

ISBN:

030021460X
9780300214604

OCLC:

(OCoLC)973733391

LCCN:

2017008587

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)