Art Against War: Four Hundred Years of Protest in Art

From 1500s to Vietnam, from the age of hand-to- hand combat to that of nuclear warheads, this anthology surveys four centuries of artistic protest against war. Included are photomontages by John Heartfield and Peter Kennard, as well as works by such artists as Goya, Picasso, Blake, Grosz, Pollok, and Shahn. D. J. R. Bruckner's text provides a lively and enlightening commentary on the strategies used by visual artists in their never-ending attempt to bring an end to war.