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PublisherYale University Press

ISBN-10030021460X

ISBN-139780300214604

eBay Product ID (ePID)16038288679

Product Key Features

Number of Pages416 Pages

Publication NameTiger in the Smoke : Art and Culture in Post-War Britain

LanguageEnglish

SubjectHistory / Contemporary (1945-), Sociology / General, Social History, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Europe / Great Britain / General, History / General

Publication Year2017

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaArt, Social Science, Psychology, History

AuthorLynda Nead

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight56.1 Oz

Item Length1 in

Item Width0.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2017-008587

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"A strong, continuous argument . . . [with] high quality illustrations that form part of that argument. . . . Highly recommended."--Stephen J. Bury, ARLIS/NA Reviews

TitleLeadingThe

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal709.4109045

SynopsisTaking an interdisciplinary approach that looks at film, television, and commercial advertisements as well as more traditional media such as painting, The Tiger in the Smoke provides an unprecedented analysis of the art and culture of post-war Britain. Art historian Lynda Nead presents fascinating insights into how the Great Fogs of the 1950s influenced the newfound fashion for atmospheric cinematic effects. She also discusses how the widespread use of color in advertisements was part of an increased ideological awareness of racial differences. Tracing the parallel ways that different media developed new methods of creating images that variously harkened back to Victorian ideals, agitated for modern innovations, or redefined domesticity, this book's broad purview gives a complete picture of how the visual culture of post-war Britain expressed the concerns of a society that was struggling to forge a new identity. Published in association with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, Taking an interdisciplinary approach that looks at film, television, and commercial advertisements as well as more traditional media such as painting, The Tiger in the Smoke provides an unprecedented analysis of the art and culture of post-war Britain. Art historian Lynda Nead presents fascinating insights into how the Great Fogs of the 1950s influenced the newfound fashion for atmospheric cinematic effects. She also discusses how the widespread use of color in advertisements was part of an increased ideological awareness of racial differences. Tracing the parallel ways that different media developed new methods of creating images that variously harkened back to Victorian ideals, agitated for modern innovations, or redefined domesticity, this book's broad purview gives a complete picture of how the visual culture of post-war Britain expressed the concerns of a society that was struggling to forge a new identity.

LC Classification NumberN72.S6N42 2017