TY  - GEN
T1  - The artist and the warrior : military history through the eyes of the masters
A1  - Rabb, Theodore K.
LA  - English
PP  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
YR  - 2011
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn769266022
AB  - How have artists across the millennia responded to warfare? In this uniquely wide-ranging book, Theodore Rabb blends military history and the history of art to search for the answers. He draws our attention to masterpieces from the ancient world to the twentieth century--paintings, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, engravings, architecture, and photographs--and documents the evolving nature of warfare as artists have perceived it. The selected works represent landmarks in the history of art and are drawn mainly from the western tradition, though important examples from Japan, India, and the Middle East are also brought into the discussion. Together these works tell a story of long centuries during which warfare inspired admiration and celebration. Yet a shift toward criticism and condemnation emerged in the Renaissance, and by the end of the nineteenth century, glorification of the warrior by leading artists had ceased. Rabb traces this progression, from such works as the Column of Trajan and the Titian "Battle of Lepanto", whose makers celebrated glorious victories, to the antiwar depictions created by Brueghel, Goya, Picasso, and others. Richly illustrated and accessibly written, this book presents a study of unprecedented sweep and multidisciplinary interest. -- Book jacket.
OP  - 228
CN  - N8260 .R33 2011
SN  - 0300177518
SN  - 9780300177510
SN  - 1283344726
SN  - 9781283344722
SN  - 9786613344724
SN  - 6613344729
SN  - 9780300126372
SN  - 0300126379
KW  - War in art.
KW  - Guerre dans l'art.
KW  - ART : Subjects & Themes : General.
KW  - War in art
KW  - Krieg : Motiv
KW  - Kunst
KW  - Soldat : Motiv
KW  - Kunst.
KW  - Krieg.
KW  - Soldat.
KW  - Motiv.
ER  -