Title: Flags and faces : the visual culture of America's First World War /
Authors: Lubin, David M.,
Year: 2015
Subjects: 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; Popular culture United States History; Art, American; Symbolism United States History; Art, American.; Popular culture; Propaganda; Symbolism; Visual communication; Art; Symbolism; Esthetics; War-Related Injuries; Propaganda; World War I; History, 20th Century; United States; United States
Abstract: "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.
Contents: Art for war's sake -- Fixing faces.