Above the Battlefield - Modernism and the Peace Movement in Britain, 1900-1918 (Hardcover)

The early twentieth century is usually remembered as an era of rising nationalism and military hostility, culminating in the disaster of the First World War. Yet it was marked also by a vigorous campaign against war, a movement that called into question the authority of the nation-state. This book explores the role of artists and writers in the formation of a modern, secular peace movement in Britain, and the impact of ideas about "positive peace" on their artistic practice. From Grace Brockington's meticulous study emerges a rich and interconnected world of Hellenistic dance, symbolist stage design, marionettes, and book illustration, produced in conscious opposition to the values of an increasingly regimented and militaristic society, and radically different from existing narratives of British wartime culture. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2010
First published:	March 2011
Authors:	Grace Brockington
Dimensions:	254 x 191 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	244
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-15195-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Demonstrations & protest movements Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Design styles > Modernist design & Bauhaus
LSN:	0-300-15195-0
Barcode:	9780300151954

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