The artist and the warrior : military history through the eyes of the masters / Theodore K. Rabb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rabb, Theodore K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War in art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgments

Foreword: Boundaries

Chapter One: The Ancient World: Assyria and Greece

Chapter Two: Rome and the Middle Ages

Chapter Three: A New Vigor: War and Art in Feudal Japan

Chapter Four: The Persistence of Tradition in the Early Renaissance

Chapter Five: Traditions Transformed: The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Chapter Six: War as Decoration: Suleyman, Palladio, and Akbar

Chapter Seven: David Versus Goya

Chapter Eight: The Pity of War: Modern Times

Afterword: Film

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-34472-6

9786613344724

0-300-17751-8

OCLC:

769266022