Art and War in the Pacific World by J.M. Mancini - 9780520294516

Art and War in the Pacific WorldMaking, Breaking, and Taking from Anson's Voyage to the Philippine-American War\nAuthor(s): J.M. Mancini\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of California Press, United States\nImprint: University of California Press\nISBN-13: 9780520294516, 978-0520294516\nSynopsis\nThe Pacific world has longbeen recognized as a hub for the global trade in art objects, but the history of art and architecture has seldom reckoned with another profound aspect of the regions history: its exposure to global conflict during the British and US imperial incursions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Art and War in the Pacific World provides a new view of the Pacific world and of global artistic interaction by exploring how the making, alteration, looting, and destruction of images, objects, buildings, and landscapes intersected with the exercise of force. Focusing on the period from Commodore George Ansons voyage to the Philippine-American War, J. M. Mancinis exc.