Landscape, Art and Identity in 1950s Britain

Catherine Jolivette (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

190 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-26568-4 (ISBN)

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During the years following World War II debates about the British landscape fused with questions of national identity as the country reconstructed its sense of self. For better or for worse artists, statesmen, and ordinary citizens saw themselves reflected in the landscape, and in turn helped to shape the way that others envisioned the land. While landscape art is frequently imagined in terms of painting, this book examines the role of landscape in terms of a broader definition of visual culture to include the discussion not only of works of oil on canvas, but also prints, sculpture, photography, advertising, fashion journalism, artists' biographies, and the multi-media stage of the national exhibition. Making extensive use of archival materials (newspaper reviews, radio broadcasts, interviews with artists, letters and exhibition planning documents), Catherine Jolivette explores the intersection of landscape art with a variety of discourses including the role of women in contemporary society, the status of immigrant artists in Britain, developments in science and technology, and the promotion of British art and culture abroad.

Catherine Jolivette is Assistant Professor of Art History in the Department of Art and Design at Missouri State University, USA.

Contents: Introduction; Nostalgia for the past, anxiety towards the future: landscape and national identity at the South Bank exhibition; The gendered landscape; The Britishness of British art; Growth and form: the new landscapes; The end of landscape art?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.01.2017
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-138-26568-3 / 1138265683
ISBN-13	978-1-138-26568-4 / 9781138265684
Zustand	Neuware