Book Details

Title:

Beclouded Visions: Hiroshima-Nagasaki and the Art of Witness


Author:Maclear, Kyo
Place:Albany, N.Y.
Publisher:State University of New York Press
Year:1999

Reference:

Maclear, Kyo. Beclouded Visions: Hiroshima-Nagasaki and the Art of Witness . Albany, N.Y., State University of New York Press, 1999.


Categories:

History and Social Sciences

Languages:

English

Description:

This book, a review of visual art, discusses the role played by visual culture in Hiroshima and Nagasaki by introducing the Marukis' works as witness art. The author conceives that the vision of culture confronts the vision of militarization. 芸術評論。証言芸術として丸木位里・俊夫妻の作品を紹介し、広島・長崎の視覚文化の果たす役割について論じている。文化はそのビジョンにおいて軍国主義と対峙するものであるとらえている。