Author: GOSLING, LUCINDA
Title: Brushes and bayonets : cartoons, sketches, and paintings of World War I
Description: Oxford : Osprey 2008. First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked quarter-cloth over boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.; 200 pages; Description: 200 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 x 31 cm. Includes index. Subjects: World War. 1914-1918 --Art and the war --Caricatures and cartoons. Summary: It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. but. during World War I. newspaper illustrations were worth even more. not only conveying the news to anxious families at home and soldiers in battle. but also entertaining and lifting the spirits of a nation at war. Featuring work by some of the most well-known illustrators of the period from W. Heath Robinson to Bruce Bairnsfather. this thematic collection of 250 World War I magazine illustrations is published in association with The Illustrated London News (the British Harper's). The illustrations included range from light-hearted strip cartoons and line drawings. to poignant sketches and dark and hard-hitting political satire. The images not only depict events as they happened. but reveal all the moods of a nation at war. Many are published here for the first time in 90 years. creating a unique. bittersweet portrayal of the Great War and a fascinating and very human. historical and artistic reference source. by Lucinda Gosling.Weight in Kg appr.:

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