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Images of the army
In an age when engraving and photography were making artistic images available to a much wider public, artists were able to influence public attitudes more powerfully than ever before. This book examines works of art on military themes in relation to ruling-class ideologies about the army, war and the empire. The first part of the book is devoted to a chronological survey of battle painting, integrated with a study of contemporary military and political history. The chapters link the debate over the status and importance of battle painting to contemporary debates over the role of the army and its function at home and abroad. The second part discusses the intersection of ideologies about the ...
The Final Spectacle
The book examines military paintings in France in the 1850s and 1860s, when the genre experienced a new lease of life. It recreates the paintings’ art-historical, historical and social context, and considers the explosion of military subjects in their own right rather than as a consequence of war reporting. The paintings’ entertainment value effectively communicated political agendas, catering to the emerging phenomenon of mass spectatorship and giving rise to innovative compositions. The book also looks at the other side of the artistic spectrum, proposing that smaller formats adapted the sentimental techniques of military memoirs to focus on the soldiers’ experiences of warfare and to elicit a critique of war.
American Empire and the Arsenal of Entertainment
Movies, television, and American culture permeates even the most remote reaches of the globe in unprecedented levels. What affect does the spread of the American zeitgeist have on global perceptions of the US? This book analyzes the complex role entertainment plays in foreign policy - weighing its benefits and setbacks to national interests abroad.
Bibliography of Imperial, Colonial, and Commonwealth History Since 1600
Britain's overseas history has never been well supplied with comprehensive bibliographical aids, and, despite extensive public interest in the subject, the position has steadily worsened. Following the recent Oxford History of the British Empire, this volume is therefore designed to provide a general source of reference and bibliographical guidance, at once wide-ranging, up-to-date, and accessible.
Le armi antiche
Gli studi sulle armi antiche stanno conoscendo negli ultimi anni un enorme incremento e diversificazione. Dagli studi di tradizione storico-artistica, museologica o di catalogazione sull’oggetto-arma, fino a quelli di storia militare, economica e produttiva, l’abbondanza e la varietà di libri e articoli ha reso complessa la realizzazione di bibliografie d’ampio respiro. Le armi antiche. Bibliografia ragionata nel Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale di Carlo De Vita, Marco Merlo e Luca Tosin, si propone di rispondere all’esigenza di un’opera bibliografica unitaria che tenga conto dei più recenti sviluppi della disciplina oplologica nei suoi molteplici aspetti. Accanto agli studi gene...
British Painting
From Hogarth's first works around 1730 to the death of Turner in 1851, Britain's status as an artistic nation was dramatically transformed.
