ARTH 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Lawren Harris, Emily Carr, Wrought Iron
7 Mar 2017
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Lawren harris / group of seven / emily carr / geo(cid:396)gia o"keefe. Red canna: nationalistic view of america, flowers again subject of the painting. Art nouveau: consisted a lot of artist groups in europe, predominantly in belgium and france. Iconographic motifs were drawn from different cultures across history a part of western culture. Photography as a medium: artists echoed interests of painting artists, edward westin (american photographer, became famous for natural form close-ups, provocative, fleshy, decorum, etc. John vandercam photographer working in vancouver: look at transforming a landscape, his photographs become forms of our close living spaces. Group of seven: pine trees one of the signature elements that can be seen in their paintings, paintings speak about the balance of life. Inspired by early avant-garde cubists: traditional still life, renaissance concepts of the role and job of artists, can see the intense analysis of different textures, still life exercise of seeing texture/shadows/light.
