Peter Blume’s The Rock (1944–48) and the Post-war Landscape
Peter Blume’s The Rock, a painting that preoccupied the artist for the duration of the war (although he did not complete it until 1948), combines evidence of death and destruction alongside signs of renewal. In tune with a future-oriented ethos of that time, The Rock acknowledged destruction in the...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:ranam_821 https://doi.org/10.4000/ranam.821 urn:doi:10.4000/ranam.821 en https://journals.openedition.org/ranam/821 2024-02-07T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/vrw1 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Peter Blume’s The Rock (1944–48) and the Post-war Landscape Recherches anglaises et nord-américaines Presses universitaires de Strasbourg info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/3000-4411 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0557-6989 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ranam Whiting, Cécile Blume (Peter) peinture de paysage américaine géographie de l’âge de l’air Seconde Guerre mondiale American landscape painting air age geography Second World War Blume (Peter) Peter Blume’s The Rock, a painting that preoccupied the artist for the duration of the war (although he did not complete it until 1948), combines evidence of death and destruction alongside signs of renewal. In tune with a future-oriented ethos of that time, The Rock acknowledged destruction in the past but nevertheless held out hope for what lay ahead by reasserting the possibility of rebuilding through human cooperation. This article examines how Blume’s painting spoke to an emergent global consciousness that in its most idealistic form presaged a future of liberal humanism, but that, in its most crass form, eventually led to the development of global commercial networks and the exhaustion of natural resources. The Rock de Peter Blume, un tableau qui préoccupa l’artiste pendant toute la durée de la guerre (bien qu’il ne l’ait achevé qu’en 1948), associe des preuves de mort et de destruction à des signes de renouveau. En accord avec la philosophie tournée vers l’avenir de l’époque, The Rock reconnaissait la destruction dans le passé, mais gardait néanmoins l’espoir en l’avenir en réaffirmant la possibilité de reconstruire grâce à la coopération humaine. Cet article examine comment la peinture de Blume évoquait une conscience mondiale émergente qui, dans sa forme la plus idéaliste, présageait un avenir d’humanisme libéral, mais qui, dans sa forme la plus grossière, a finalement conduit au développement de réseaux commerciaux mondiaux et à l’épuisement |
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Peter Blume’s The Rock, a painting that preoccupied the artist for the duration of the war (although he did not complete it until 1948), combines evidence of death and destruction alongside signs of renewal. In tune with a future-oriented ethos of that time, The Rock acknowledged destruction in the past but nevertheless held out hope for what lay ahead by reasserting the possibility of rebuilding through human cooperation. This article examines how Blume’s painting spoke to an emergent global consciousness that in its most idealistic form presaged a future of liberal humanism, but that, in its most crass form, eventually led to the development of global commercial networks and the exhaustion of natural resources. |
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