Seen from the front. Representing the Great War.
Somogy| N° d'inventaire | 18668 |
| Format | 24.9 x 27.9 |
| Détails | 376 p., color illustrations, paperback, cover with flaps. |
| Publication | Paris, 2014 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | |
Never before 1914-1918 had a conflict been the subject of such intense visualization. Alongside the millions of combatants mobilized - including many designers, painters, and photographers - there were also official services and commissioned artists tasked with documenting and constructing a "visual discourse" on the war. Thus, from the Western Front to the Middle East, via Italy and Eastern Europe, thousands of representations would circulate, some of which would be widely popularized. Combat, the modernity of war, and also its daily life, abundantly shown and exhibited, bear witness to the lived experience whose memory extends well beyond the years 1914-1918 to mark the entire 20th century. A unique collection of more than 450 works and documents - objects, paintings, drawings and photographs - from the collections of the Contemporary International Documentation Library (BDIC), the Army Museum and the most important French and European institutions, provides an understanding of all aspects of the front, as seen by those who were contemporaries of the conflict.
Never before 1914-1918 had a conflict been the subject of such intense visualization. Alongside the millions of combatants mobilized - including many designers, painters, and photographers - there were also official services and commissioned artists tasked with documenting and constructing a "visual discourse" on the war. Thus, from the Western Front to the Middle East, via Italy and Eastern Europe, thousands of representations would circulate, some of which would be widely popularized. Combat, the modernity of war, and also its daily life, abundantly shown and exhibited, bear witness to the lived experience whose memory extends well beyond the years 1914-1918 to mark the entire 20th century. A unique collection of more than 450 works and documents - objects, paintings, drawings and photographs - from the collections of the Contemporary International Documentation Library (BDIC), the Army Museum and the most important French and European institutions, provides an understanding of all aspects of the front, as seen by those who were contemporaries of the conflict.