Documents in Canadian Art - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0921149069 ISBN 13: 9780921149064

Publisher: Broadview Press Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

Documents in Canadian Art is the only book of its kind, a compilation of pivotal writings throwing light on the evolution of painting and sculpture in Canada over the past 180 years. For the benefit of the student as well as the general reader it brings together in convenient form many manifestos, key reviews, and seminal articles which are textual evidence of Canadian art's long development and rich history. Quebec folk art, the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, the Group of Seven, the Canadian Group of Painters, the revival of native and Inuit art, the Automatistes, Painters Eleven: these are some of the groups, schools, institutions and events covered.

About this title

About the Author:

Douglas Fetherling, D.Litt., is a poet, fiction writer, critic, and small-press publisher. He is the author or editor of 50 books, mostly in the fields of literature and culture. He has been the literary editor of two newspapers, the Toronto Star and the Kingston Whig-Standard, and writer-in-residence at Queen's University. He divides his time between Ontario and British Columbia and writes a column on books and ideas for the Ottawa Citizen.

About this edition

• Publisher: Broadview Press Ltd
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0921149069
• ISBN 13: 9780921149064
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 327
• Editor: Fetherling Douglas