Art, Poetry and WW1 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781908419880)

In this study 'Art, Poetry and WW1, by Edward Lucue-Smith of writing, poetry and painting In the Centenary Year of the outbreak of the First World War the author considers the historical impact on the general psyche of the calamitous events, reflected in the expression of poets and visual artists. The volume includes Eric Kennington, CRW Nevinson, John Singer Sargent, William Orpen, Stanley Spencer and Paul Nash; and writers Siegfried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenberg, Wilfred Owen, Edward Thomas and T.S. Eliot. In Europe the painters: Otto Dix, Max Beckman, Franz Marc, Gino Severini, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Ludwig Meidner. He establishes a continuity to the theme with reference to works by Vel痙quez, Watteau, Goya and others, in their treatment of the spectacle of battle and the horrors of war and human conflict.

Author: Edward Lucie-Smith
ISBN-10: 1908419881
ISBN-13: 9781908419880
Publisher: CV Publications
Language: English
Published: 10/05/2023
Pages: 46
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.25d