Art and work : a social history of labour in the Canadian graphic arts industry to the 1940s /

This book is a history of the development of commercial illustration and the graphic arts industry in Canada from the late eighteenth century to the 1940s. It suggests that the foundations of Canadian art and a Canadian popular culture rest not only within the European traditions of fine art but als...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, Angela E., 1926-1994 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1995.
Temas:
Graphic arts > Canada > History.
Printing industry > Canada > Employees > History.
Art and industry > Canada > History.
Engraving, Canadian > History.
Art and society > Canada > History.
Engravers > Canada > History.
Arts graphiques > Canada > Histoire.
Industries graphiques > Canada > Personnel > Histoire.
Art et industrie > Canada > Histoire.
Gravure canadienne > Histoire.
Art et société > Canada > Histoire.
Graveurs > Canada > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
ART > Canadian.
Engraving, Canadian
Engravers
Art and society
Art and industry
Graphic arts
Printing industry > Employees
Druckindustrie
Grafische industrie.
Arbeid.
Sozialgeschichte 1750-1950.
Canada
Kanada
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: Social History and the Graphic Arts Industry
  • 2. The English Inheritance: Artists, Engravers, and the Separation of the Arts
  • 3. Transferring the Traditions: Visitors and Immigrants
  • 4. Changing Patterns of Work: Engravers and Photo-engravers, 1870-1914
  • 5. Changing Perceptions of Art: Artists and Commercial Artists, 1870-1914
  • 6. Business and Art in Western Canada: The Spread of Commercial Ideas
  • 7. Factors for Change: Labour and Art, 1914-1940
  • 8. Conclusion: Social History and Popular Culture.

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