Kitsch, propaganda, and the American avant-garde

This book details the dramatic history of the weaponization of avant-garde art as propaganda, from its violent origins selling the idealistic communism of revolutionary France to its use as an American weapon wielded against the Nazi and Soviet threat as World War II began. It shows how art became a...

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1. Verfasser: Pearce, Michael (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2023
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Zusammenfassung:This book details the dramatic history of the weaponization of avant-garde art as propaganda, from its violent origins selling the idealistic communism of revolutionary France to its use as an American weapon wielded against the Nazi and Soviet threat as World War II began. It shows how art became ammunition in the war of ideas as the protagonists of the Second World War attempted to control the minds of their people. The text highlights how the avant-garde was the battlefield for the epic struggle between collectivism and American individualism, and will appeal to the reader with an interest in vivid stories of art, history, and politics.
Beschreibung:xiii, 421 Seiten
21 cm
ISBN:9781527594111
978-1-5275-9411-1