Entrée principale:

Andrews, Julian.

Titre et auteur:

London's war : the shelter drawings of Henry Moore / Julian Andrews.

Publication:

Aldershot : Lund Humphries, ©2002.

Description:

144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-144).
Note on the shelter sketchbooks -- Introduction -- The 1930s and the shadow of war -- Defence and protection -- The Battle of London -- Into the underworld -- Conclusion -- Commentary on the plates -- Experiments in war drawings -- First tube shelter sketches and drawings -- Single figures and pairs of figures in underground shelters -- Large groups in tube shelters -- The sea of sleepers -- Tube shelter perspective -- The Tilbury Warehouse shelter -- Multiple studies of single figures -- Bunks and sleeps -- Sleeping positions -- Sleepers -- The fates.

Résumé:

Early in World War II, Henry Moore had to give up working on sculpture when his Hampstead studio was bombed. He began drawing and creating a monumental series of works showing the plight of people sheltering in the London underground. This text considers his visual documentation of the shelters.

Ressources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0853318441 (paperback)
9780853318446 (paperback)

Sujet:

Moore, Henry, 1898-1986 Catalogs.
Moore, Henry, 1898-1986 Criticism and interpretation.
Moore, Henry, 1898-1986
Moore, Henry 1898-1986 Shelter sketchbook
Moore, Henry. Shelter sketchbook.
World War, 1939-1945 England London Art and the war Pictorial works.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Angleterre Londres Art et guerre Ouvrages illustrés.
Bildband
Drawing, English 20th century Catalogs.
Artists Great Britain 20th century Catalogs.
Tekeningen.
Bombardementen.
Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Ondergrondse vluchtplaatsen.
Metrostations.
London (England) History Bombardment, 1940-1941 Pictorial works.
Londres (Angleterre) Histoire 1940-1941 (Bombardement) Ouvrages illustrés.
England London

Classification/genre:

Catalog
Quotations (texts)
catalogs (documents)
works of art.
illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Art
Catalogs
History
Catalogues.
Œuvres d'art.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Vedettes secondaires:

Moore, Henry, 1898-1986.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 233026
Cote: NB1116.M8222 A4 2002
Statut: Disponible