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National Visions, National Blindness: Canadian Art and Identities in the 1920s
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Product Description
In the early decades of the twentieth century, the visual arts were considered central to the formation of a distinct national identity, and the Group of Seven’s landscapes became part of a larger program to unify the nation and assert its uniqueness. This book traces the development of this program and illuminates its conflicted history. Leslie Dawn problematizes conventional perceptions of the Group as a national school and underscores the contradictions inherent in international exhibitions showing unpeopled landscapes alongside Northwest Coast Native arts and the “Indian” paintings of Langdon Kihn and Emily Carr. Dawn examines how this dichotomy forced a re-evaluation of the place of First Nations in both Canadian art and nationalism.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1898662 in Books
- Published on: 2006-08-20
- Original language: English
- Binding: Hardcover
- 456 pages
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About the Author
Leslie Dawn is a professor in the Department of Art at the University of Lethbridge.
