Description - British Art in the Cultural Field, 1939-69 by Lisa Tickner
Informed by new research, this rich collection of thought-provoking
essays presents a fresh assessment of British Art in the
Cultural Field, 1939?69, locating influential artists,
movements, institutions, and individual works against the changing
economic and cultural landscape to shed new light on this seminal
period in British art history.
International art historians explore many different aspects of
the period which saw post-war austerity, decolonisation, and the
birth of postmodernism
Takes a variety of approaches, from the broad canvas of the
political economy of art to closely attentive readings of
individual artists and works, from Bacon to Stirling, and the
Independent Group to Pop Art
Invaluable for students and scholars of the field, as well as
general readers, including the growing number of collectors of
twentieth-century British art
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