In the final lecture of the series, art historian Isabelle Gapp discusses key works by the Group of Seven and counters the widely held narratives of wilderness and nation in Canada with an ecocritical view. The focus is on the north shore of Lake Superior in the landscape paintings of Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, J.E.H. MacDonald, and Franklin Carmichael. From an environmental history perspective, this will lead to reflections on exploitation and conservation in the 20th century as well as colonial history and the Indigenous communities that originally lived in the region.
Part of the series THE MYTH OF THE CANVAS. NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE REPRESENTATION OF THE ARCTIC IN MODERN TIMES
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