Vietnam Behind the Lines: Images from the War 1965-1975,9781588860200

Vietnam Behind the Lines: Images from the War 1965-1975

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ISBN13: 9781588860200
ISBN10: 1588860205
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-07-01
Publisher(s): Art Media Resources Ltd
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Summary

Television footage and reportage photography relayed the American-Vietnam war from the remote jungles of Southeast Asia into the sitting rooms of ordinary people living thousands of miles from the battle zones. For the first time in history, a major civilian audience was able to monitor military operations on the other side of the world from the comfort of their armchairs. Tremendous numbers of people lost their lives in the conflict, and the social, economic and political effects of the war will continue to be felt for decades to come.

This fully color-illustrated catalogue presents another aspect of the conflict, as seen by Vietnamese artists who created these images of war from behind the lines. Included are 130 works on paper, ranging from sketches on cardbard to paintings on traditional Vietnamese rice paper. Watercolors, pen and ink sketches, pencil drawings, chalk designs, ink paintings and acrylics are all represented in this unique archive, the first to be acquired for a public collection outside Vietnam. Some of the artists were engaged in the creat

Author Biography

Jessica Harrison-Hall is an Assistant Keeper in the Department of Oriental Antiquities in The British Museum

Table of Contents

Map of Vietnam
6(1)
Introduction 7(4)
Historical Overview of the American-Vietnam War 11(4)
Artists and the Role of Propaganda 15(6)
Sherry Buchanan
Catalogue Illustrations
Official Propaganda
21(9)
Communications and Life at Base Camp
30(10)
Battle and the New Role of Women
40(9)
Portraits
49(2)
Agriculture and Industry
51(15)
Catalogue Entries 66(21)
Biographies of the Artists 87(4)
Thu Stern
Sherry Buchanan
Artists' Materials and Techniques 91(2)
Katharine Lockett
Chronology of the Main Events Leading to and During the American-Vietnam War 93(1)
Bibliography 94

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