Grand illusions
Subtitle: American art and the First World War
By: David M. Lubin
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780190218614
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; History; American Arts; Themes, motives; Art and the war; Arts and society
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-337) and index.
Table of contents: title: War, modernism, and the American spirit; title: Women in peril; title: Mirroring masculinity; title: Opposing visions; title: Opening the floodgates; title: To see or not to see; title: Being there; title: Behind the mask; title: Monsters in our midst.