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Camouflage: Now You See Me, Now You Don't Tim Newark

Camouflage: Now You See Me, Now You Don't By Tim Newark

Camouflage: Now You See Me, Now You Don't by Tim Newark


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Summary

Accompanies a major exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. Following an introduction that looks at camouflage in the natural world, this text explores the different styles and meanings of camouflage throughout history. It looks at the interplay between modern military developments and the worlds of art, design and popular culture.

Camouflage: Now You See Me, Now You Don't Summary

Camouflage: Now You See Me, Now You Don't by Tim Newark

This title accompanies a major exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. Following an introduction that looks at camouflage in the natural world, lively anecdotal text explores the different styles and meanings of camouflage throughout history. It looks at the interplay between modern military developments and the worlds of art, design and popular culture.

About Tim Newark

Tim Newark is editor of Military Illustrated, the leading English-language military history and uniforms magazine. Jonathan Miller is renowned worldwide for his spectacular contributions to opera, television and the visual arts.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction by Jonathan Miller; 2. Early Inspirations: The Animal World; Pattern to Conceal and Confuse; Military Display and Military Disguise; 3. Dazzling the Enemy: The Threat from the Skies Disruptive Pattern; Picasso, Modernist Art and Camouflage; The Dazzle Ball of 1919; 4. Developing Disguise: The First Camouflage-Printed Uniforms; Professor Schick's SS Forest Patterns; Inflatable Tanks and Fake Oil Terminals; Camouflage and the Cambridge Zoologist; 5. Camo Triumphant: Camouflage as Identity as well as Disguise; Tropical Wars, Tropical Patterns; Warhol and Panton, Art and Furniture; High-tech Textiles: the Future of Camouflage.

Additional information

GOR001741733
9780500513477
0500513473
Camouflage: Now You See Me, Now You Don't by Tim Newark
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Thames & Hudson Ltd
20070402
192
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