CS260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Culture War, Canadian National Railway, Canada Council
Document Summary
State interest in public art: history of canada"s arts funding, canadian state as employer , beyond patronage & personal wealth, far beyond the renaissance model city state. World war one (lord beaverbrook: militia and defence (department of national defence, commissioned members of group of seven to paint war , currently works are in national gallery and canadian war museum. John grierson & nfb: grierson"s forte & plan, documentary film, other than overt propaganda (wwi & wwii, first suggestion that there was value in art and political process. 1924: canadian national railway began broadcasting ( carriage in two senses: rail carriages, message carriage: no regulation at first, early canadian stations actually affiliated with u. s. stations, until 1927: radio telegraph act, enduring questions regarding all media: Pure entertainment: following british model canada has history of commissions (aird, hard to determine what value regulation has.
