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It is the tension between modern and postmodern interpretations of the subject of nature that makes the theory and the artwork discussed in Aspiring to the Landscape so important to contemporary Canadian culture.

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List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction * A Longing for the Impossible Place: Wanda Koop's Paintings for Dimly Lit Rooms and Paintings for Brightly Lit Rooms * The Allegorical Impulse in Stephen Hutchings's Plants, Bushes, and Hedges * Speaking the Wild: The Apophatic Representation of Nature in Susan Feindel's Paintings * Cosmoville: The Unmanageable Surfaces of Eleanor Bond's Rotterdam Paintings Conclusion (or Beginning): Opening Up the Conversation Appendix: Artists' Biographies Notes Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: University of Toronto Press
      Publication Date: 12/02/2006
      ISBN13: 9780802038944, 978-0802038944
      ISBN10: 0802038948
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      It is the tension between modern and postmodern interpretations of the subject of nature that makes the theory and the artwork discussed in Aspiring to the Landscape so important to contemporary Canadian culture.

      Table of Contents
      List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction * A Longing for the Impossible Place: Wanda Koop's Paintings for Dimly Lit Rooms and Paintings for Brightly Lit Rooms * The Allegorical Impulse in Stephen Hutchings's Plants, Bushes, and Hedges * Speaking the Wild: The Apophatic Representation of Nature in Susan Feindel's Paintings * Cosmoville: The Unmanageable Surfaces of Eleanor Bond's Rotterdam Paintings Conclusion (or Beginning): Opening Up the Conversation Appendix: Artists' Biographies Notes Bibliography Index

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