A Combat Artist in World War II /

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Many artists have fought in wars, and renowned painters have recorded heroic scenes of great battles, but those works were usually done long after the battles were waged. Artists have also been commissioned to visit, briefly, war-torn areas and make notes of the devastation and horror. Yet few artis...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Reep, Edward, 1918-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 1987.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Reep, Edward, > 1918-
Military campaigns.
Artists.
ART > Subjects & Themes > General.
ART > History > General.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles > Italie > Ouvrages illustres.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Art et guerre.
Artistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Italy > Pictorial works.
World War, 1939-1945 > Art and the war.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
Artists > United States > Biography.
United States.
Italy.
Pictorial works.
Personal narratives > American.
Biographies.
Art.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Many artists have fought in wars, and renowned painters have recorded heroic scenes of great battles, but those works were usually done long after the battles were waged. Artists have also been commissioned to visit, briefly, war-torn areas and make notes of the devastation and horror. Yet few artists who were members of any armed services have drawn or painted daily while they fought alongside their comrades. Edward Reep, as an official combat artist in World War II, painted and sketched while the battles of the Italian campaign raged around him. He was shelled, mortared, and strafed. At Monte.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9780813164441

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