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Imagined battles : reflections of war in European art, Peter Paret

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  • In this wide-ranging study, Peter Paret discusses forty-seven paintings and prints as complex documents of war in Europe since the Renaissance, of society's efforts to come to terms with the reality of war, and of the artist's use of war as a metaphor for the human condition. The images include works by such major artists as Uccello, Gericault, and Dix as well as academic history paintings and popular prints. By setting each in its historical environment and analyzing it from the perspective of the wars of its time, the author illuminates the place of war in Western consciousness and expands our understanding of works that are too often approached with little concern for the reality they depict or symbolically transform
  • The book traces major themes of war in art as they appear, fade, and reappear over five centuries. Perhaps the most significant of these recurring themes is that of the common soldier and his counterpart, the civilian who gets in the way of war. Over the course of the nineteenth century, these two - the common soldier and the civilian victim - replaced the prince and the glorified commander as central figures in the interpretation of war in Western art
Language
eng
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Imagined battles : reflections of war in European art
Title
Imagined battles
Title remainder
reflections of war in European art
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Peter Paret
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
  • In this wide-ranging study, Peter Paret discusses forty-seven paintings and prints as complex documents of war in Europe since the Renaissance, of society's efforts to come to terms with the reality of war, and of the artist's use of war as a metaphor for the human condition. The images include works by such major artists as Uccello, Gericault, and Dix as well as academic history paintings and popular prints. By setting each in its historical environment and analyzing it from the perspective of the wars of its time, the author illuminates the place of war in Western consciousness and expands our understanding of works that are too often approached with little concern for the reality they depict or symbolically transform
  • The book traces major themes of war in art as they appear, fade, and reappear over five centuries. Perhaps the most significant of these recurring themes is that of the common soldier and his counterpart, the civilian who gets in the way of war. Over the course of the nineteenth century, these two - the common soldier and the civilian victim - replaced the prince and the glorified commander as central figures in the interpretation of war in Western art
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Paret, Peter
Government publication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
N8260
LC item number
.P27 1997
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
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  • Battles in art
  • War in art
  • Art, European
  • Art et guerre
  • Art européen
  • Batailles
  • Grafische kunst
  • Oorlog
  • Schilderkunst
  • Veldslagen
  • Schilderkunst
  • Grafische kunst
  • Oorlog
  • Veldslagen
  • Friede (Motiv)
  • Geschichte
  • Krieg (Motiv)
  • Krieg
  • Kunst
  • Schlachtenbild
  • Tod (Motiv)
  • Batailles
  • Art et guerre
  • Art européen
  • Schlacht <Motiv>
  • Kunst
  • Malerei
  • Krieg <Motiv>
  • Art, European
  • Battles in art
  • War in art
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Imagined battles : reflections of war in European art, Peter Paret
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-121) and index
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volume
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nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
29 cm.
Extent
128 p.
Isbn
9780807823569
Isbn Type
(cloth : alk. paper)
Lccn
96052518
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
ill. (some col.)
System control number
  • (OCoLC)36112143
  • (OCoLC)ocm36112143
Label
Imagined battles : reflections of war in European art, Peter Paret
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-121) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
29 cm.
Extent
128 p.
Isbn
9780807823569
Isbn Type
(cloth : alk. paper)
Lccn
96052518
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
ill. (some col.)
System control number
  • (OCoLC)36112143
  • (OCoLC)ocm36112143

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