A crisis of brilliance : five young British artists and the Great War / David Boyd Haycock.
Published / Created:
London : Old Street, 2009.
Physical Description:
386 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Stanley Spencer -- Mark Gertler and Henry Tonks -- Richard Nevinson -- 'The Slade Coster Gang' -- Paul Nash and Dora Carrington -- Roger Fry and post-impressionists -- 'This anarchic & egoistical condition' -- 'That awful ghost Tonks' -- 'The din of happiness' -- 'A most wonderful country' -- Eddie Marsh and Les Jeunes -- 'Georgian painters' -- 'No ordinary war' -- 'A valuable man' -- 'Ever busy yet ever at rest' -- 'Strident lies and foul death' -- War artists -- Armistice -- Epilogue: 'Another life, another world'.
Subject Terms:
Artists -- Great Britain. | Art, British -- 20th century. | Art, British -- 20th century -- Themes, motives. | London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.