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245 14 a| The tiger in the smoke :b| art and culture in post-war Britain /c| Lynda Nead.;

246 30 a| Art and culture in post-war Britain;

264 1 a| New Haven :b| Yale University Press,c| 2017.;

300 a| vii, 407 pages :b| illustrations (some color) ;c| 27 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| The tiger in the smoke -- Broken buildings and 'horrid empty spaces' -- To let in the sunlight -- Learning to think in colour -- 'Thirty thousand colour problems' -- Battersea, Whitechapel and the colours of culture -- Bill and Betty set up home -- An English Sunday afternoon -- Woman in a dressing gown.;

520 a| Taking an interdisciplinary approach that looks at film, television, and commercial advertisements as well as more traditional media such as painting, The Tiger in the Smoke provides an unprecedented analysis of the art and culture of post-war Britain. Art historian Lynda Nead presents fascinating insights into how the Great Fogs of the 1950s influenced the newfound fashion for atmospheric cinematic effects. She also discusses how the widespread use of color in advertisements was part of an increased ideological awareness of racial differences. Tracing the parallel ways that different media developed new methods of creating images that variously harkened back to Victorian ideals, agitated for modern innovations, or redefined domesticity, this book's broad purview gives a complete picture of how the visual culture of post-war Britain expressed the concerns of a society that was struggling to forge a new identity.;

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The tiger in the smoke : art and culture in post-war Britain / Lynda Nead.

Author/creator	Nead, Lynda author.
Other author	Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
Format	Book
Publication	New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017.
Description	vii, 407 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Subjects	Art and society--Great Britain. --History. --20th century. Domestic space--Great Britain. --History. --20th century. Color in visual communication. Visual perception. Great Britain--Social conditions. --20th century.

Portion of title	Art and culture in post-war Britain
Contents	The tiger in the smoke -- Broken buildings and 'horrid empty spaces' -- To let in the sunlight -- Learning to think in colour -- 'Thirty thousand colour problems' -- Battersea, Whitechapel and the colours of culture -- Bill and Betty set up home -- An English Sunday afternoon -- Woman in a dressing gown.
Abstract	Taking an interdisciplinary approach that looks at film, television, and commercial advertisements as well as more traditional media such as painting, The Tiger in the Smoke provides an unprecedented analysis of the art and culture of post-war Britain. Art historian Lynda Nead presents fascinating insights into how the Great Fogs of the 1950s influenced the newfound fashion for atmospheric cinematic effects. She also discusses how the widespread use of color in advertisements was part of an increased ideological awareness of racial differences. Tracing the parallel ways that different media developed new methods of creating images that variously harkened back to Victorian ideals, agitated for modern innovations, or redefined domesticity, this book's broad purview gives a complete picture of how the visual culture of post-war Britain expressed the concerns of a society that was struggling to forge a new identity.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2017008587
ISBN	9780300214604 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
ISBN	030021460X (hardcover ; alkaline paper)

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