War Art, Murals and Graffiti by Wayne D Cocroft
Oxbow says: War, and especially the two World Wars, have left a great mark on the landscape although as the years go by, traces of abandoned military buildings, fortifications, pillboxes and so forth are gradually diminishing. But these are not the only fading signs of a past military life - a broad range of visual imagery is also disappearing. This study examines an arrary of modern military art, with most examples taken from England, including murals, graffiti, paintings on aircraft, carvings, sketches and photographs. A mural depicting an evacuee leaving his parents and para-military murals on walls in Northern Ireland illustrate the opposite ends of the spectrum. These are images of hope, memories of life back home, personal messages, portrayals of desires, of women, and messages of social comment and political propaganda. The accompanying text discusses the historical and military context of the art, its meaning and signifcance and the importance of its conservation.Wayne D Cocroft is an archaeologist and manager of Historic England's Historic Places Investigation Team East based in Cambridge. For over 25 years he has specialised in the investigation and assessment of former military sites, including explosives factories and Cold War research and development establishments. His published works include Dangerous Energy: the archaeology of gunpowder and military explosives manufacture, and he has also co-authored Cold War: building for nuclear confrontation 1946-1989, War Art murals and graffiti - military life, power and subversion. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists.
John Schofield was, until recently, Head of the Department of Archaeology at the University of York, where he is also Director of Studies in Cultural Heritage Management, having previously worked for English Heritage. John is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists and a Docent in Cultural Heritage, Landscape and Contemporary Archaeology at the University of Turku (Finland). He is also Senior Research Fellow at Flinders University, Adelaide, and an Adjunct Professor at Griffith University, both in Australia. He has published extensively in the fields of cultural heritage, archaeology of the recent and contemporary pasts, and the archaeology of conflict. As a child, John lived in Berlin (1971-1973) where his father was Officer Commanding 26 Signals Unit, based both at RAF Gatow and at the Teufelsberg.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781902771564 |
| ISBN 10 | 1902771567 |
| Title | War Art, Murals and Graffiti |
| Author | Wayne D Cocroft |
| Series | Cba Research Reports |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Council for British Archaeology |
| Year published | 2006-06-07 |
| Number of pages | 140 |
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