| Art from the Trenches, Volume 20: America's Uniformed Artists in World War I Contributor(s): Cornebise, Alfred Emile (Author) |
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ISBN: 1623492025 ISBN-13: 9781623492021 Publisher: Texas A&M University Press OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Subjects & Themes - General - History | Military - General |
| Dewey: 758.994 |
| Series: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 10.59" W x 10.04" (2.00 lbs) 172 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since ancient times, wars have inspired artists and their patrons to commemorate victories. When the United States finally entered World War I, American artists and illustrators were commissioned to paint and draw it. These artists' commissions, however, were as captains for their patron: the US Army. The eight men--William J. Aylward, Walter J. Duncan, Harvey T. Dunn, George M. Harding, Wallace Morgan, Ernest C. Peixotto, J. Andre Smith, and Harry E. Townsent--arrived in France early in 1918 with the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). Alfred Emile Cornebise presents here the first comprehensive account of the US Army art program in World War I. The AEF artists saw their role as one of preserving images of the entire aspect of American involvement in a way that photography could not. |
