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Modernising the V&A: From War to Reconstruction 1918-51

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Design for War and Peace: 2014 Annual Design History Society Conference
In the aftermath of two world wars, the V&A struggled to reconstruct a national view of contemporary art and design in which Britain’s industrial past and contemporary developments could be reconciled.
Contemporary design was the main catalyst against which a new ‘romantic nationalism’ was reconstructed; to use Maurice Halbwach’s term, in creating a ‘collective memory’ of the past.

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Series
Design for War and Peace: 2014 Annual Design History Society Conference
People
Laura Elliot
Keywords
Post-war reconstruction
museums of modern art and design
picasso
Matisse
Council of Industrial Design
British Institute of Industrial Art
Royal College of Art
Architectural Association
museum modernisation
modern art and design
national identity
post industrial society
new audiences
Department: Department for Continuing Education
Date Added: 30/09/2014
Duration: 00:21:55

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