Art or Memorial?: The Forgotten History of Canada's War Art Contributor(s): Brandon, Laura (Author) |
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ISBN: 1552381781 ISBN-13: 9781552381786 Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Binding Type: Paperback Published: June 2006 Click for more in this series: Beyond Boundaries |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | Canadian - History | Military - Canada - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) |
Dewey: 709.710 |
LCCN: 2006445158 |
Series: Beyond Boundaries |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 8.5" W x 11.1" L (1.54 lbs) 192 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index |
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2006 pg. 40 Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2007 pg. 1 - Recommended/Special Interest |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Canadian War Museum possesses one of the finest twentieth-century official war art collections in the world. Until relatively recently, however, the collection has received limited public attention. In Art or Memorial?, author Laura Brandon explores some of the reasons why this may have been the case. At various times throughout its history, the war art collection has receded from and re-emerged in the nation's collective consciousness. Nevertheless, as an invaluable part of the official record of war in Canada, it is profoundly significant. Brandon argues that the value of the collection lies less in its artistic merit and more in its role as a site of memory. Art or Memorial? seeks to illuminate Canadian war art's sometimes-hidden presence in the nation's memory and to show, through both its presence and its absence, how it helped to shape, and will continue to influence, how we remember as a nation. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brandon, Laura: - Laura Brandon is the Curator of War Art at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. She has written extensively on war art and Canadian art history. Peg by Herself, her groundbreaking biography of war artist Pegi Nicol MacLeod, was published in 2005 and her award-winning exhibition, Canvas of War, toured Canada from 2000-2004. |
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