Visual and audible expressions of the North based on the works of selected Canadian artists and Henry Beissel's Cantos North

Title: Visual and audible expressions of the North based on the works of selected Canadian artists and Henry Beissel's Cantos North
Source document: Beyond the 49th Parallel: many faces of the Canadian North. Le Calvé Ivičević, Evaine (Editor); Polić, Vanja (Editor). 1st edition Brno: Masaryk University, 2018, pp. 177-190
Extent
177-190
Type
Article
Language
English
Rights access
open access
License: Not specified license
Description
The article focuses on the visual and audible expressions (the image /"image-ings" and sound effects) of Canadian artists and poets (C.D. Shanly and Henry Beissel) and their interpretation of the North. Since there is an abundance of works related to this topic, I have limited my focus of the artistic works (paintings specifically) to W. B. Bruce's (The Phantom Hunter) and Lawren Harris's arctic paintings (Lake and Mountains, Winter Comes from the Arctic to the Temperate Zone, Mount Robson, and Mount Lefroy). The aim of the article is to compare and analyse the poems with the selected paintings and to illustrate (through word selection, metaphorical images, colours, images, formations etc.) how and to what extent the visual (the paintings) and audible (the poem) complement each other and give and an added force to how we perceive these works through our senses.
Cet article se penche sur les expressions visuelles et sonores (image / «image-ings» et effets sonores) d'artistes et de poètes canadiens (C.D. Shanly et Henry Beissel) et leur interprétation du Nord. Compte tenu de l'abondance de travaux traitant ce sujet, la présente étude se focalise sur les oeuvres plastiques (plus particulièrement picturales) notamment celles de W.B. Bruce (Le Chasseur fantôme) et sur les scènes arctiques de Lawren Harris (Lac et montagnes, Winter Comes from the Arctic to the Temperate Zone, Le mont Robson et Le mont Lefroy). Le but de l'article est de comparer et d'analyser les poèmes avec les toiles sélectionnées et d'illustrer (à travers une analyse du choix des mots, images métaphoriques, couleurs, images, formations etc.) comment et dans quelle mesure le visuel (les tableaux) et l'audible (le poème) se complètent et confèrent plus de force à la façon dont nous percevons ces oeuvres.
References
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