Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 421 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781527594128
Content:
This book details the dramatic history of the weaponization of avant-garde art as propaganda, from its violent origins selling the idealistic communism of revolutionary France to its use as an American weapon wielded against the Nazi and Soviet threat as World War II began. It shows how art became ammunition in the war of ideas as the protagonists of the Second World War attempted to control the minds of their people. The text highlights how the avant-garde was the battlefield for the epic struggle between collectivism and American individualism, and will appeal to the reader with an interest in vivid stories of art, history, and politics.
Content:
Intro -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Bohemian Rhapsody -- The Birth of the Avant-Garde -- Red Stars -- Rejects -- Individuals and Anarchists -- Socialist Realism -- The Fisher King -- Plumber's Wages -- Miscarriage -- Man at the Crossroads -- Red Right Hand -- Primitive -- Dark Arts -- The Day of German Art -- The Kitsch Antinomy -- An American Avant-Garde -- French Fry -- Elephant -- Bibliography -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781527594111
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Pearce, Michael Kitsch, propaganda, and the American avant-garde Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023 ISBN 9781527594111
Language:
English
