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THE LOGIC OF ECSTASY
CANADIAN MYSTICAL PAINTING, 1920-1940 |
| By: |
Ann Davis |
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Paperback |
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£24.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0802068618 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780802068613 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
27 October, 1992 |
| Pages: |
217 |
| Description: |
Examines how five Canadian painters drew on a mystical base for their work, rather than on the aesthetic values used by most artists and critics of the 20th century. The paintings are well reproduced in black and white. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. |
| Synopsis: |
Twentieth-century art has usually been analysed in terms of intellectual aesthetic principles. But several important artists of this century were motivated less by aesthetic ideas than by spiritual values. Ann Davis considers the work of five of the most dynamic and innovative Canadian painters of the period: Bertram Brooker, Emily Carr, Lawren Harris, Jock Macdonald, and Fred Varley. She shows how these artists strove to work with mystical forms, those involved a transcendent, direct, selfless, unitive experience of God or ultimate reality. None of these artists was motivated solely by mystical concerns, but each was deeply interested in such matters. In focusing on those works, writings, as well as painting, which do reflect their fascination with spiritual issues, we are able to se how these artists tried, in very individual ways, to delineate their visions of eternal life. |
| Illustrations: |
illustrations |
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Canada |
| Imprint: |
University of Toronto Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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