Description: Interdisciplinary collection of essays on fine art painting as it relates to the First World War and commemoration of the conflict
Review Quotes: "This collection of 14 essays analyzes the role of painting in commemorating WW I and distills how memory and identity anchor collective understandings of wartime from a century ago. Together, the chapters discuss the creation, context, reception, and exhibition histories of paintings that captured the experience of soldiers foremost, as well as those who made sacrifices or who witnessed the aftermath of the war. Such dramatic and realistic visual depictions garnered emotional responses from veterans and those associated with, but not engaged in, wartime activity. With case studies analyzing war remembrances in 12 nations and their ties to literature, context, and meaning, this volume will be of interest to those broadly researching WW I, as well as memory studies and early 20th-century history and art history. Recommended"
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