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Author: Maria Tippett
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Edition: Back in Print
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 1.10cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.420kg
ISBN: 9781442616042
ISBN 10: 1442616040
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 29 July 2013
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
,
Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
'Art at the Service of War is a carefully researched and clearly written account of the Canadian War Memorial Fund ... This is a handsome and valuable book.' -- Robert Craig Brown Canadian Historical Review 'Lord Beaverbrook's imaginative scheme to send artists to the front in the First World War is alluded to from time to time in general histories. But the full story, with all its cultural and political implications, is told in fascinating detail in Art at the Service of War.' -- William French The Globe and Mail
"'The works explored in this centenary book are ""not just memorials"" but also art works of extraordinary power"".' -- Sarah Glassford BC Studies April 2016 'Art at the Service of War is a carefully researched and clearly written account of the Canadian War Memorial Fund ... This is a handsome and valuable book.' -- Robert Craig Brown Canadian Historical Review 'Lord Beaverbrook's imaginative scheme to send artists to the front in the First World War is alluded to from time to time in general histories. But the full story, with all its cultural and political implications, is told in fascinating detail in Art at the Service of War.' -- William French The Globe and Mail"
"‘Art at the Service of War is a carefully researched and clearly written account of the Canadian War Memorial Fund … This is a handsome and valuable book.’ -- Robert Craig Brown * Canadian Historical Review * ‘Lord Beaverbrook’s imaginative scheme to send artists to the front in the First World War is alluded to from time to time in general histories. But the full story, with all its cultural and political implications, is told in fascinating detail in Art at the Service of War.’ -- William French * The Globe and Mail * ‘The works explored in this centenary book are ""not just memorials"" but also art works of extraordinary power"".’ -- Sarah Glassford * BC Studies April 2016 *"
'Art at the Service of War is a carefully researched and clearly written account of the Canadian War Memorial Fund ... This is a handsome and valuable book.' -- Robert Craig Brown
'Art at the Service of War is a carefully researched and clearly written account of the Canadian War Memorial Fund ... This is a handsome and valuable book.' -- Robert Craig Brown Canadian Historical Review
Author Information
Maria Tippett is an emerita senior research fellow in the Faculty of History at Cambridge University. She has won numerous awards for her writing, including the Governor-General's Award for Non-Fiction and the John A. Macdonald Prize of the Canadian Historical Association.
