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Painting War
Margaret Hutchison
其他書名
A History of Australia's First World War Art Scheme
出版Cambridge University Press, 2019
主題Art / History / GeneralHistory / GeneralHistory / Military / GeneralHistory / Wars & Conflicts / World War I
ISBN11084715019781108471503
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ZHqIDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋During the First World War the Australian Government established an official war art scheme, sending artists to the front lines to create a visual record of the Australian experience of the war. Around two thousand sketches and paintings were commissioned and acquired between 1916 and 1922. In Painting War, Margaret Hutchison examines the official art scheme as a key commemorative practice of the First World War and argues that the artworks had many makers beyond the artists. Government officials' selection of artists and subjects for the war paintings and their emphasis on the eyewitness value of the images over their aesthetic merit profoundly shaped the character of the art collection. Richly illustrated, Painting War provides an important understanding of the individuals, institutions and the politics behind the war art scheme that helped shape a national memory of the First World War for Australia.