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Art Books for the People

By David Trigg

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Art Books for the People

By David Trigg

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The Penguin Modern Painters (1944-1959) was a groundbreaking series of British art monographs designed to promote the work of contemporary artists to a general readership. In examining the factors that influenced the wartime conception and development of the series, this Element makes a contribution to the understanding of the relationship between publishing and the visual arts during the Second World War. The study argues that the emergence of The Penguin Modern Painters was inextricably linked to the aims of British wartime cultural policy and the ideology of the pre-war adult education movement. The key personalities involved are identified and their multiple and often conflicting motives analysed to provide new insights into the shifting perspectives of Britain's elites regarding the way that art was presented to the public in the 1940s. This Element provides a foundation on which further study of twentieth-century art publishing in Britain might be developed.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
100
Release Date:
2025-08-21
Publication Date:
2025-07-28
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1009578146
ISBN13:
9781009578141
Weight:
103 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
178 cm
Thickness:
6 cm
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