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Author:

Lubin, David M., author.

Title:

Flags and faces : the visual culture of America's First World War / David M. Lubin.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xii, 108 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 21 cm

Subject:

World War, 1914-1918--United States--In art.
World War, 1914-1918--Art and the war.
World War, 1914-1918--United States--Propaganda.
Visual communication--United States--History--20th century.
Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
Art, American--20th century.
Symbolism--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-98) and index.

Contents:

Art for war's sake -- Fixing faces.

Summary:

"From the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 to the declaration of war against Germany in 1917, American artists and designers used their well-honed visual skills to campaign for or against intervention. During this period, Old Glory assumed its present role as a patriotic icon. After the war, as Americans tried to forget the horrors their soldiers had encountered abroad, medical advances in facial reconstruction for disfigured combatants gave rise to cosmetic plastic surgery and a flourishing makeup industry, elements in a conspicuously new distaste for plainness and aging and obsession with youth and beauty. Flags and Faces analyzes these respective aspects of American visual culture in the shadow of the First World War"--Provided by publisher.

Series:

The Franklin D. Murphy lecture series

ISBN:

0520283635 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520283633 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)883748715

LCCN:

2014025478

Locations:

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

VXPE964 -- Decorah Public Library (Decorah)