Research Catalog

Title

Power, image, and memory : historical subjects in art / Peter J. Holliday.

Author

Holliday, Peter James

Publication

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

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Details

Description

x, 277 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 26 cm

Summary

"This book examines a wide variety of artistic traditions, showing how art commemorating historical events can shape collective memory, and with it, the identities of social groups and nations. It organizes twelve canonical works of representational art created in a variety of media around themes of commemoration and power. The chapters begin by describing the political and historical context for a work; then move into thick description, paying special attention to narrative techniques and conventions; followed by an analysis of the work's meaning and the context of its commission; and end with a discussion of the work's legacy in art history. The chapters argue how makers intended works of art to act as propaganda. The works depict conflicts very recent to the period in which they were produced. They are representations of specific conflicts employing specific techniques intended by their makers to encourage specific ideas about how those events connected to specific political ideologies. The examples chosen for the book are exceptional in how they communicated power or represented the past; many are the "first" time a particular technique was employed. This book examines why and how certain technical developments of narrative conventions developed"--

Alternative Title

Historical subjects in art

Subject

• History in art
• Power (Social sciences) in art
• Memorialization

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JQF 24-723

ISBN

• 9780190901080
• 019090108X
• 9780190901103 (canceled/invalid)
• 9780190901110 (canceled/invalid)
• 9780190901097 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2023033926

OCLC

1411840885

Author

Holliday, Peter James, author.

Title

Power, image, and memory : historical subjects in art / Peter J. Holliday.

Publisher

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Form:

Online version: Holliday, Peter James. Power, image, and memory New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024] 9780190901103 (DLC) 2023033927

Research Call Number

JQF 24-723