World War I and American art / edited by Robert Cozzolino, Anne Classen Knutson, David M. Lubin ; essays by Robert Cozzolino, Pearl James, Amy Helene Kirschke, Anne Classen Knutson, David M. Lubin, Alexander Nemerov, David Reynolds, Jason Weems.
Publisher:
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Artsin association with Princeton University Press,
Published in conjunction with the exhibition "World War I and American Art", held at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, November 4, 2016-April 9, 2017; The New-York Historical Society, New York, May 26-September 3, 2017; and, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee, October 6, 2017-January 21, 2018. Includes bibliographical references (page 291-297) and index.
Contents:
Foreword / David R. Brigham -- Introduction / Robert Cozzolino, Anne Classen Knutson, and David M. Lubin -- America's "forgotten war" and the long twentieth century / David Reynolds -- Lies that tell the truth : American artists in the crucible of war / David M. Lubin -- Citizen-consumers in the American iconosphere during World War I / Pearl James -- Hidden in plain sight : World War I in the art of John Marin, Georgia O'Keefe, and Charles Burchfield / Anne Classen Knutson -- For the privilege of dying : The Crisis takes on the war / Amy Helene Kirschke -- Battle over sight : the aerial photographer and the camoufleur / Jason Weems -- Burchfield's armistice : voice, dissent, painting / Alexander Nemerov -- Homecomings, hauntings, returns / Robert Cozzolino.
Summary:
"World War I and American Art provides an unprecedented look at the ways in which American artists reacted to the war. Artists took a leading role in chronicling the war, crafting images that influenced public opinion, supported mobilization efforts, and helped to shape how the war's appalling human toll was memorialized. The book brings together paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, posters, and ephemera, spanning the diverse visual culture of the period to tell the story of a crucial turning point in the history of American art"-- Provided by publisher.
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