Grand illusions : American art and the First World War

The Resource Grand illusions : American art and the First World War
Label
Grand illusions : American art and the First World War
Title remainder
American art and the First World War
Statement of responsibility
David M. Lubin
Title variation
Grand illusions
Title variation remainder
American art & the First World War
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "Taking readers on a tour of the major historical events during and immediately after World War I, Grand Illusions considers the famous and forgotten artists and artworks that sought to make sense of America's first total war"--
  • "A vivid, engaging account of the artists and artworks that sought to make sense of America's first total war, Grand Illusions takes readers on a compelling journey through the major historical events leading up to and beyond US involvement in WWI to discover the vast and pervasive influence of the conflict on American visual culture. David M. Lubin presents a highly original examination of the era's fine arts and entertainment to show how they ranged from patriotic idealism to profound disillusionment. In stylishly written chapters, Lubin assesses the war's impact on two dozen painters, designers, photographers, and filmmakers from 1914 to 1933. He considers well-known figures such as Marcel Duchamp, John Singer Sargent, D. W. Griffith, and the African American outsider artist Horace Pippin while resurrecting forgotten artists such as the mask-maker Anna Coleman Ladd, the sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, and the combat artist Claggett Wilson. The book is liberally furnished with illustrations from epoch-defining posters, paintings, photographs, and films. Armed with rich cultural-historical details and an interdisciplinary narrative approach, David Lubin creatively upends traditional understandings of the Great War's effects on the visual arts in America." -- Publisher's description
Assigning source
Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
DLC
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography

Context

Context of Grand illusions : American art and the First World War

Work of

Structured data from the Bibframe namespace is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Colby College Libraries. Additional terms may apply to data associated with third party namespaces.