Painting War : A History of Australia's First World War Art Scheme
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Australian Army History Series
ISBN-10
1108471501
ISBN-13
9781108471503
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
AU
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 1st, 2018
Print length
284 Pages
Weight
650 grams
Dimensions
16.00 x 23.50 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
Painting & paintingsArt treatments & subjectsFirst World WarWar & defence operations
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Richly illustrated, Painting War is the first book to examine in depth the genesis of one of Australia's most enduring forms of commemoration. It provides an important understanding of the individuals, institutions and the politics behind the war art scheme that helped shape a national memory of the First World War for Australia.
During the First World War the Australian Government established an official war art scheme, sending artists to the front lines to create a visual record of the Australian experience of the war. Around two thousand sketches and paintings were commissioned and acquired between 1916 and 1922. In Painting War, Margaret Hutchison examines the official art scheme as a key commemorative practice of the First World War and argues that the artworks had many makers beyond the artists. Government officials'' selection of artists and subjects for the war paintings and their emphasis on the eyewitness value of the images over their aesthetic merit profoundly shaped the character of the art collection. Richly illustrated, Painting War provides an important understanding of the individuals, institutions and the politics behind the war art scheme that helped shape a national memory of the First World War for Australia.
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