Kitsch, propaganda, and the American avant-garde /
This book details the dramatic history of the weaponization of avantgarde 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 am...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
[2023].
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| Summary: | This book details the dramatic history of the weaponization of avantgarde 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 dramatic stories of art, history and politics. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 421 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [383]-391) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1527594114 9781527594111 |