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Grand Illusions : American Art and the First World War.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (380 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780190218621
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Grand IllusionsDDC classification:
  • 709.73/0904
LOC classification:
  • N9150 -- .L835 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- GRAND ILLUSIONS: American Art and the First World War -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1: WAR, MODERNISM, AND THE ACADEMIC SPIRIT -- 2: WOMEN IN PERIL -- 3: MIRRORING MASCULINITY -- 4: OPPOSING VISIONS -- 5: OPENING THE FLOODGATES -- 6: TO SEE OR NOT TO SEE -- 7: BEING THERE -- 8: BEHIND THE MASK -- 9: MONSTERS IN OUR MIDST -- 10: EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- Preface -- Chapter 1 "War, Modernism, and the Academic Spirit" -- Chapter 2 "Women in Peril" -- Chapter 3 "Mirroring Masculinity" -- Chapter 4 "Opposing Visions" -- Chapter 5 "Opening the Floodgates" -- Chapter 6 "To See or Not to See" -- Chapter 7 "Being There" -- Chapter 8 "Behind the Mask" -- Chapter 9 "Monsters in Our Midst" -- Chapter 10 "Epilogue" -- LIST OF FIGURES -- Preface -- Chapter 1 "War, Modernism, and the Academic Spirit" -- Chapter 2 "Women in Peril" -- Chapter 3 "Mirroring Masculinity" -- Chapter 4 "Opposing Visions" -- Chapter 5 "Opening the Floodgates" -- Chapter 6 "To See or Not to See" -- Chapter 7 "Being There" -- Chapter 8 "Behind the Mask" -- Chapter 9 "Monsters in Our Midst" -- Chapter 10 Epilogue -- INDEX.
Summary: 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.
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Cover -- GRAND ILLUSIONS: American Art and the First World War -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1: WAR, MODERNISM, AND THE ACADEMIC SPIRIT -- 2: WOMEN IN PERIL -- 3: MIRRORING MASCULINITY -- 4: OPPOSING VISIONS -- 5: OPENING THE FLOODGATES -- 6: TO SEE OR NOT TO SEE -- 7: BEING THERE -- 8: BEHIND THE MASK -- 9: MONSTERS IN OUR MIDST -- 10: EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- Preface -- Chapter 1 "War, Modernism, and the Academic Spirit" -- Chapter 2 "Women in Peril" -- Chapter 3 "Mirroring Masculinity" -- Chapter 4 "Opposing Visions" -- Chapter 5 "Opening the Floodgates" -- Chapter 6 "To See or Not to See" -- Chapter 7 "Being There" -- Chapter 8 "Behind the Mask" -- Chapter 9 "Monsters in Our Midst" -- Chapter 10 "Epilogue" -- LIST OF FIGURES -- Preface -- Chapter 1 "War, Modernism, and the Academic Spirit" -- Chapter 2 "Women in Peril" -- Chapter 3 "Mirroring Masculinity" -- Chapter 4 "Opposing Visions" -- Chapter 5 "Opening the Floodgates" -- Chapter 6 "To See or Not to See" -- Chapter 7 "Being There" -- Chapter 8 "Behind the Mask" -- Chapter 9 "Monsters in Our Midst" -- Chapter 10 Epilogue -- INDEX.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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