Visual Propaganda Exhibitions and the Spanish Civil War is a history of art during wartime that analyzes images in various media that circulated widely and were encountered daily by Spaniards on city walls in print and in exhibitions Tangible elements of the nation s past monuments cultural property and art historical icons were displayed in temporary exhibitions and museums as well as reproduced on posters and in print media to rally the population define national identity and reinvent distant and recent history Artists political party propagandists and government administrators believed that images on the street in print and in exhibitions would create a community of viewers brought together during the staging of public exhibitions to understand their own roles as Spaniards This book draws on extensive archival research brings to light unpublished documents and examines visual propaganda exhibitions and texts unavailable in English It engages with questions of national self definition and historical memory at their intersections with the fine arts visual culture exhibition history tourism and propaganda during the Spanish Civil War and immediate post war period as well as contemporary responses to the contested legacy of the Spanish Civil War It will be of interest to scholars in art history visual and cultural history history and museum studies Visual Propaganda Exhibitions and the Spanish Civil War
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