{"product_id":"the-logic-of-ecstasy-ann-davis-9780802068613","title":"The Logic of Ecstasy: Canadian Mystical Painting, 1920-1940","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwentieth-century art has usually been analysed in terms of intellectual aesthetic principles. But several important artists of this century were motivated less by aesthetic ideas than by spiritual values. Ann Davis considers the work of five of the most dynamic and innovative Canadian painters of the period: Bertram Brooker, Emily Carr, Lawren Harris, Jock Macdonald, and Fred Varley. She shows how these artists strove to work with mystical forms, those involved a transcendent, direct, selfless, unitive experience of God or ultimate reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNone of these artists was motivated solely by mystical concerns, but each was deeply interested in such matters. In focusing on those works, writings, as well as painting, which do reflect their fascination with spiritual issues, we are able to see how these artists tried, in very individual ways, to delineate their visions of eternal life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ann Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802068618\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802068613\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Ann Davis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448958955775,"sku":"9780802068613","price":48.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_34fe2649-48af-42cb-bdef-86ff6365bae0.jpg?v=1777261348","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-logic-of-ecstasy-ann-davis-9780802068613","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}