The visual arts in Canada : the twentieth century by Foss, Brian; Paikowsky, Sandra; Whitelaw, Anne, 1966- instant download

The visual arts in Canada : the twentieth century by Foss, Brian; Paikowsky, Sandra; Whitelaw, Anne, 1966- instant download

xv, 480 pages : 26 cm, This book charts the developments in Canadian art from the late nineteenth century to the present with new essays by the country's leading art historians. A comprehensive overview, this volume embraces painting, sculpture, photography, design, video, and conceptual and cross-disciplinary art, as well as studies of art institutions and historiography. Each chapter explores the richness and diversity of Canadian art; topics range from impressionist painting to the multimedia work of First Nations artists, and from the Group of Seven to contemporary video production. Newly commissioned, carefully edited, and with 185 full-colour illustrations, The Visual Arts in Canada will appeal to general readers and students alike. An extensive index, as well as an appendix that list galleries and artist-run centres across the country, make this the definitive resource for Canadian art from the past century. Throughout the twenty chapters, readers will recognize favourite artists and encounter new ones-all of whom play an integral role in the country's visual history, Includes bibliographical references and index, Art institutions in the twentieth century : Framing Canadian visual culture / Anne Whitelaw -- Into the new century : Painting, c.1890-1914 -- Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven / Charles C. Hill -- Emily Carr : Modernism, cultural identity, and ethnocultural art history / Gerta Moray -- Designing Canada / Alan C. Elder -- Modern art, the local, and the global, c.1930-50 / Lora Senechal Carney -- Modernist representational painting before 1950 / Sandra Paikowsky -- Paul-Émile Borduas and the Automatistes / Francois-Marc Gagnon -- Making painting real : Abstract and non-objective art in English Canada, c.1915-61 / Joyce Zemans -- A culture in transition : Inuit art in the twentieth century / Ingo Hessel -- Geometric abstraction after 1950 / Diana Nemiroff -- Sculpture before 1960 / Christine Boyanoski -- The new figuration : From pop to…