| Collection type | Library |
|---|---|
| Author | Speck, Catherine, author.; |
| Call Number | F 940.31 S741b |
| Document type | Monograph |
| Year | 2014. |
| Pagination | 279 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 26 cm. |
| Publisher | Reaktion Books, |
| Note | Formerly CIP. Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-266) and index. Beyond the Battlefield provides a fascinating account of female creativity in America, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand during the turbulent era of twentieth-century conflict. This book looks at women artists' unique artistic portrayal of war at the front lines, as well as their documentation of everyday life on the home front. Exploring high-profile artists such as the American photographer Lee Miller and her work with British Vogue, this book also recounts the experiences of the First World Wa r nurses, voluntary aides and ambulance drivers who found time to create astonishing art while working in the middle of war zones. While some women could bravely work the front lines, other female artists felt disempowered by their distance from actual wa rfare. Spurred by the constant fear of attack, the sorrow of innocent lives destroyed, the mass murders of people in concentration camps and the unimaginable aftermath of the A-bomb attacks on Japan, female artists created highly charged, emotional respon ses to the threats, sufferings and horrors of war. The two world wars of the twentieth century changed the world utterly, on a scale never seen before or since. |
| Place made | London, UK : |
Beyond the battlefield : women artists of the two World Wars / Catherine Speck. Women artists of the two World Wars
Abstract
Women on the home front in the First World War - Behind the front -- War's end and its scarred land -- Responding to yet another war -- Women on the home front in the Second World War -- Close encounters -- Peace at last.
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| 12083 | ART | ART | Staff Use Only | |||
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| 12084 | Art | ART | Staff Use Only |
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- World War, 1914-1918 - Art and the war.
- Women artists - History - 20th century.
- World War, 1914-1918 - Women.
- Women artists.
- World War, 1939-1945 - Women.
- Women.
- World war, 1939-1945 - Art and the war.
- Women artists - America - 20th century.
- Women artists - Great Britain - 20th century.
- Women artists - Canada - 20th century.
- Women artists - Australia - 20th century.
- Women artists - New Zealand - 20th century.
- Women artists.
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- World War, 1914-1918 - Art and the war.
- World War, 1939-1945 - Women.
- World War, 1914-1918 - Women.
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