Finlay karen a (4 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Good Condition. Wear and tear on cover. No missing pages or damages. Please see photos for visual details.

Softcover. Cream/Black wraps; 20 pp; 8 B/W plates. Accompanied an exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario that took place from February to April of 1984; a unique collection of political caricatures in the form of lithographies created by the French artist, Daumier. VG- (some light foxing along the spine, artist's name inscribed on front wrap).…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 320 pages with 20 halftones. Minimal wear. "Withdrawn" stamp on fore edge of book block. "Karen Finlay's study goes beyond existing literature by examining the role of Massey's Methodist upbringing in instilling an education gospel as the bedrock of culture and the foundation of a national citizenry. The study also reassesses Massey's reputation as a supporter of the fine arts. Steeped in Methodism, his attitudes towards the arts were ambiguous. He never adopted a purely art-for-art's sake doctrine, but came to understand that the arts, without being moralizing, could serve a moral and cultural purpose: the expression and affirmation of national character and sovereignty. As well as charting Massey's evolving attitudes towards culture and the arts, Finlay attempts to redress the common charges of sexism, elitism, and anglophonism levelled against him. Finlay stresses Massey's contradictory views on issues relating to gender, race, and class, outweighed by the ongoing legacy of his belief in Canadian cultural diversity. Above all, Massey valorized the principles of excellence and diversity as twin antidotes to the anathema of conformity and cultural homogenization. The tenet Massey sought to honour, pertaining deeply to the collective and moral nature of humanism in Canada, Finlay argues, was community without uniformity. The Force of Culture shows that Massey was, in certain respects, a democratizer and even a populist, who believed that difference need not divide.".…

Softcover. Condizione: Good+. 27 pages in good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white illustrations throughout. Comb-bound in white card covers with black titles. The plastic of the comb-binding is cracked, missing two combs. Covers are smudged and scuffed. SCARCE. G+. Book.