Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of plates
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The outbreak of war and the business of art
- 2 Perceptions of art
- 3 The arts mobilize
- 4 War pictures: truth, fiction, function
- 5 Peace pictures: escapism, consolation, catharsis
- 6 Art and society after the war
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2015
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of plates
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The outbreak of war and the business of art
- 2 Perceptions of art
- 3 The arts mobilize
- 4 War pictures: truth, fiction, function
- 5 Peace pictures: escapism, consolation, catharsis
- 6 Art and society after the war
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Index
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- British Art and the First World War, 1914–1924 , pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015