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Imagined Battles : Reflections of War in European Art by Peter Paret -1997 w/DJ
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “NO MARKING ION TEXT.”
- Topic
- Military
- Special Attributes
- Dust Jacket
- Title
- Imagined Battles : Reflections of War in European Art
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Educational Level
- College
- ISBN-10
- 0807823562
- ISBN-13
- 9780807823569
- Subject
- History
- ISBN
- 9780807823569
- EAN
- 9780807823569
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
ISBN-10
0807823562
ISBN-13
9780807823569
eBay Product ID (ePID)
563267
Product Key Features
Book Title
Imagined Battles : Reflections of War in European Art
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1997
Topic
European, Europe / General, History / General, Subjects & Themes / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
14 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
96-052518
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
Paret's social, political, and military allusions are equally broad and represent one of the great strengths of the work. Journal of Military History, Paret*s book is brief and clearly written. It is a wonderful example of the writing of cultural history. Canadian Journal of History, Paret•s book is brief and clearly written. It is a wonderful example of the writing of cultural history.Canadian Journal of History, This clearly written, concise book will interest a broad spectrum of historians of the early-modern and modern periods. Jonathan Brown, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, Paret s book is brief and clearly written. It is a wonderful example of the writing of cultural history. Canadian Journal of History, Paret'_¢s book is brief and clearly written. It is a wonderful example of the writing of cultural history. Canadian Journal of History, Paret s book is brief and clearly written. It is a wonderful example of the writing of cultural history.Canadian Journal of History, A fascinating study of how art can be a source for the study of various aspects of war -- its prosecution, its effects, and its impact on morality. . . . This well-illustrated and -written volume should be included in every academic art library. -- Library Journal, "This is a highly innovative book. It does not merely evaluate the influence of war on artists or the artist's own conception of war, but integrates the image into an understanding of the history of warfare. Paintings and prints are analyzed both as texts and as works of art. Surely this book is important methodologically as well as [being] a substantial and exciting contribution to the history of warfare." -- George L. Mosse, University of Wisconsin-Madison, A fascinating study of how art can be a source for the study of various aspects of war. Library Journal, Paret's book is brief and clearly written. It is a wonderful example of the writing of cultural history, appealing to a broad range of historians for reasons of methodology as well as of content. The illustrations, some in colour, are of excellent quality and are utilized effectively in the text. This is a thoughtful and articulate work. -- Canadian Journal of History, Paretes book is brief and clearly written. It is a wonderful example of the writing of cultural history. Canadian Journal of History, Remarkably wide-ranging, treating depictions of war from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries. . . . Paret's social, political, and military allusions are equally broad and represent one of the great strengths of the work. -- Journal of Military History, A fascinating study of how art can be a source for the study of various aspects of war.Library Journal, Paret's social, political, and military allusions are equally broad and represent one of the great strengths of the work.Journal of Military History, This clearly written, concise book will interest a broad spectrum of historians of the early-modern and modern periods.Jonathan Brown, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, Paret's book is brief and clearly written. It is a wonderful example of the writing of cultural history.Canadian Journal of History, Imagined Battles is a first-class work of scholarship, written by an author who is steeped in military and art history alike. His incisive discussions of individual works of art are supported by an understanding of warfare as a social and cultural phenomenon. This clearly written, concise book will interest a broad spectrum of historians of the early-modern and modern periods. -- Jonathan Brown, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Dewey Decimal
758/.93554/0903
Table Of Content
ContentsAcknowledgments 1. The Siege of Castellazzo 2. Imagined Battles 3. The Revenge of the Peasants 4. The Death of General Wolfe 5. Academic and Other Perspectives 6. The Retreat from Marignano 7. Machine-gun Section Advancing A Note on Sources Illustrations and Credits Index
Synopsis
For thousands of years, art has interpreted the experience of war--its methods, human costs, and moral ambiguities--and has offered historians a wealth of testimony that is only beginning to be systematically explored. In this wide-ranging study, Peter Paret discusses forty-seven paintings and prints as complex documents of war in Europe since the Renaissance and as examples 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, 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. Perhaps the most significant of the themes he traces over five centuries is the gradual change from the prince or general to the common soldier and civilian victim as central figures in the interpretation of war in art., For thousands of years, art has interpreted the experience of war -- its methods, human costs, and moral ambiguities -- and has offered historians a wealth of testimony that is only beginning to be systematically explored. In this wide-ranging study, Peter Paret discusses forty-seven paintings and prints as complex documents of war in Europe since the Renaissance and as examples of the artist's use of war as a metaphor for the human condition. The images include works by such major artists as Uccello, Géricault, 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, 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. Perhaps the most significant of the themes he traces over five centuries is the gradual change from the prince or general to the common soldier and civilian victim as central figures in the interpretation of war in art.
LC Classification Number
96-52518 [N]
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