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Cargando... Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven (2010)por Ross King
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"While it may lack a detailed scrutiny of working methods or an overarching theory that an art scholar would seek, this book will be of interest to general readers invested in the visual arts of Canada and, more broadly, early 20th-century painting." PremiosListas de sobresalientes
A Globe 100 Book of the Year for 2010 and shortlisted for the 2011 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. A Governor General's Award-winning author recounts the turbulent years during which a group of young Canadian painters went from obscurity to international renown. Beginning in 1912, Defiant Spirits traces the artistic development of Tom Thomson and the future members of the Group of Seven, Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Franz Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley, over a dozen years in Canadian history. Working in an eclectic and sometimes controversial blend of modernist styles, they produced what an English critic celebrated in the 1920s as the "most vital group of paintings" of the 20th century. Inspired by Cezanne, Van Gogh and other modernist artists, they tried to interpret the Ontario landscape in light of the strategies of the international avant-garde. Based after 1914 in the purpose-built Studio Building for Canadian Art, the young artists embarked on what Lawren Harris called "an all-engrossing adventure": travelling north into the anadian Shield and forging a style of painting appropriate to what they regarded as the unique features of Canada's northern landscape. Sumptuously illustrated, rigorously researched and drawn from archival documents and letters, Defiant Spirits constitutes a "group biography," reconstructing the men's aspirations, frustrations and achievements. It details not only the lives of Tom Thomson and the members of the Group of Seven but also the political and social history of Canada during a time when art exhibitions were venues for debates about Canadian national identity and cultural worth. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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both internal and external perceptions of Canada as culturally backward - "to awaken artistic consciousness in Canadians"
and to create audiences of collectors and the public for their own highly charged landscapes.
Unfortunately, they pretty much ignored a Missing Link: the fact that The United States, the UK, and European Countries
had a long time for both critics and general viewers to make transitions from the tamer traditions of landscape paintings to the wilder challenges of modern art.
Thus, with the notable exception of a few forward thinking Galleries, The Seven remained disappointed in both acceptance and sales from their exhibitions.
It remains a mystery why Tom Thomson did not end his mea culpas and instead find his own conscientious objector way to support his fellow painters
who volunteered for that horrible war.
It would have been welcome if the book had both been shortened by at least a third
(way too many repetitive canoe trips) and, for contrast and comparison,
had included examples of the tamer works that The Seven found repulsive enough for their strong reactions.
As well, the absence of the many, many sketches mentioned created a void. ( )