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The National Gallery of Canada: Ideas, Art, Architecture

Douglas Ord
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Description:In this critical history of the National Gallery of Canada, Douglas Ord explores how, in the gallery's development, art has consistently been linked to notions of religious truth, national spirit and hallowed atmosphere, culminating in Moshe Safdie's design for the institution's current building. Integrating accounts of political intrigue and public controversy with philosophy, art theory, and architectural analysis, Ord provides accounts of successive directors' struggles to obtain a permanent home for the nation's art. He looks at the gallery's historical and intellectual context - from 1910 when Eric Brown became the gallery's founding director, through Jean Sutherland Boggs, to Shirley Thomson - shedding light on its acquisitions, government policy towards the arts, and the public's suspicion of avant-garde art. In showing how Canadian art came to be housed in a building whose architectural and ideological sources include Gothic cathedrals, Islamic mosques, Egyptian temples, St Peter's Basilica, and the squared-stone facades of the Holy City of Jerusalem, the book explores the relationship of Canada's art and its National Gallery to the project of the Canadian nation state.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The National Gallery of Canada: Ideas, Art, Architecture. To get started finding The National Gallery of Canada: Ideas, Art, Architecture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
510
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PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Release
2014
ISBN
0773570837

The National Gallery of Canada: Ideas, Art, Architecture

Douglas Ord
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
Read Now Download now ⏭ listen AudioBook
Description: In this critical history of the National Gallery of Canada, Douglas Ord explores how, in the gallery's development, art has consistently been linked to notions of religious truth, national spirit and hallowed atmosphere, culminating in Moshe Safdie's design for the institution's current building. Integrating accounts of political intrigue and public controversy with philosophy, art theory, and architectural analysis, Ord provides accounts of successive directors' struggles to obtain a permanent home for the nation's art. He looks at the gallery's historical and intellectual context - from 1910 when Eric Brown became the gallery's founding director, through Jean Sutherland Boggs, to Shirley Thomson - shedding light on its acquisitions, government policy towards the arts, and the public's suspicion of avant-garde art. In showing how Canadian art came to be housed in a building whose architectural and ideological sources include Gothic cathedrals, Islamic mosques, Egyptian temples, St Peter's Basilica, and the squared-stone facades of the Holy City of Jerusalem, the book explores the relationship of Canada's art and its National Gallery to the project of the Canadian nation state.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The National Gallery of Canada: Ideas, Art, Architecture. To get started finding The National Gallery of Canada: Ideas, Art, Architecture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
510
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Release
2014
ISBN
0773570837

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