Trench Art (eBook)

Chapter 1 Materiality, Conflict and the Great WarThe Great War of 1914-1918Configurations of Matter and MeaningChapter 2 What is Trench Art?Chapter 3 Trench Art before TrenchesShapes from the PastNineteenth-century Wars in ObjectsChapter 4 Classifying First World War Trench ArtFragments as CategoriesCategory 1 Soldiers, 1914-1930Sub-category 1a Active Service, 1914-1918Sub-category 1b Prisoners of War, 1914-1918Sub-category 1c The Wounded, 1914-1919Sub-category 1d Post-war Service Personnel, 1918-1930CommentsCategory 2 Civilians, 1914-1939Sub-category 2a 1914-1918Sub-category 2b 1919-1939Sub-category 2c 1914-1919 CommentsCategory 3 Commercial Production, c.1918-1939Final CommentsChapter 5 Ironic ShellsThe Life of the ShellIronies of ProductionThe MakersThe TechniquesStyle, Stories and DecorationCommentsChapter 6 A World of MetalsWriting EquipmentPhotograph FramesSmoking EquipmentJewelleryMiniatures, Models and TalismansChapter 7 Wood, Textiles, Stone and BoneWoodworkTextilesAnimal and Human BoneChalk and StoneCommentsChapter 8 Objects and Landscape in Conflict, 1914-1918The Landscape of WarBetween Landscape and ObjectChapter 9 Objects and Landscape in Memory, 1919-2002Landscapes of Contested MemoryObjects, Landscapes and MemoryLandscapes on ObjectsLandscape, Object and HomeObjects and Landscapes, 1940-2002Chapter 10 Art, Museums and RecycliaWar into ArtExhibition, Art and MuseumTrench Art as RecycliaChapter 11 Trading FuturesThe Second World War, 1939-1945Case Study 1: Finland : Trench Art from the Karelian TrenchesCase Study 2: The United Kingdom and the 'Italian Chapel' :The Post-War Era, 1945-2002Case Study 3: Afghanistan and the Carpets of WarCase Study 4: Mozambique and 'Swords in Ploughshares'Case Study 5: Bosnia: Fighting with Style Changing ShapesCommentsChapter 12 ConclusionMaking MemoriesRetailing MemoriesCommentsBibliographyIndex