Showing resistance : propaganda and modernist exhibitions in Britain, 1933-53 /

This study charts how exhibitions were used for propaganda and political intervention during the two decades from 1933: giving urgent warnings against the rise of fascism, providing practical information about how to live frugally and signalling international political alignments, beliefs and affili...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Atkinson, Harriet (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2024.
Subjects:	Modernism (Art) > Great Britain > Exhibitions > History > 20th century. Art > Great Britain > Exhibitions > History > 20th century. Art > Great Britain > History > 20th century. Exhibitions > Great Britain > History > 20th century. Art > Great Britain > Exhibition techniques > 20th century. Modernisme (Art) > Grande-Bretagne > Expositions > Histoire > 20e siècle. Art > Grande-Bretagne > Expositions > Histoire > 20e siècle. Art > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle. Expositions > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle. Art > Grande-Bretagne > Techniques d'exposition > 20e siècle.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: exhibitions as 'propaganda in three dimensions'
1. Banishing 'chaos, vulgarity and mediocrity': training as an exhibition designer
2. Exhibitions as projection, promotion, policy and activism in three dimensions
3. Exhibitions as manifestos
4. Exhibitions as demonstrations
5. Counter-exhibitions
6. Exhibitions as solidarities
7. Exhibitions as weapons of war
8. Exhibitions as welfare
Conclusion
Index.