ARTH 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Oil Painting, Stone Sculpture
24 Jan 2017
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Close composition to landscape w/ wolfe monument painting. Baroque period (17th century) was popular with narrative paintings. Battle in the background (can see st. Mary magdalene present (has better clothing, etc. ) than others in the painting. Chunks of ice create unique marks on the landscape can see cut marks left by harvesters. Suggests industrialization exaggerated order of linear perfectionism. Shift in focus on urban centers (where most of population is living) Uses nature in the process of his painting (makes brushes out of twig, etc. ) Monochromatic work have to stare for quite a while to see aspects. Goes back to battle between french and british over control of canada. Does not acknowledge the first nations very much. British defeat french but they leave culture behind (language) canada has only two official languages shows colonial struggle that took place. Canadians: had difficult time understanding their complexity. Changing way majority british and french originated populations in canada.
