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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David McCarthyPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.771kg ISBN: 9780520286702ISBN 10: 0520286707 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 07 July 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Violence, Art, and the American Century 1. Artists against War and Fascism 2. Doom 3. End Your Silence 4. A Network of Artist-Activists 5. Not in Our Name Conclusion Notes IndexReviewsAn outstanding volume... American Artists Against War, 1935-2010 is a major contribution to the growing history of American political art. -- Paul von Blum Truthdig An outstanding volume... American Artists Against War, 1935-2010 is a major contribution to the growing history of American political art. -- Paul von Blum Truthdig McCarthy...writes elegant descriptions of artwork and pairs them with strong analysis. Thus individual artworks function like landing places throughout the book: the reader moves from one discussion to the next, picking up historical context and expert opinions along the way. Chapter 16 American Artists against War, 1935-2010 is a welcome addition to scholarship on twentieth-century American art. Well researched and sensitive to the specificities of historical context, David McCarthy's work offers a broad overview of artists' opposition to warfare undertaken in the name of capitalist democracy. -- Jody Patterson Journal of American History [McCarthy's] study is the first to thoroughly examine our artists' devotion to expressing their beliefs in work and art. Journal of American Culture Author InformationDavid McCarthy is Professor of Art History at Rhodes College and author of The Nude in American Painting, 1950--1980; Pop Art; and H. C. Westermann at War: Art and Manhood in Cold War America. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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