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Inspired by the ideas of Kandinsky and informed by the writings of Emerson and Whitman, Harris and his contemporaries turned to abstraction to express higher states of consciousness, creating work that was the very embodiment of the modern spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Harris's career progressed, as he ascended from mountaintops to inner states of mind, he sought greater and more ethereal spiritual heights. This magnificent volume features reproductions of more than 75 paintings by Harris and his contemporaries. Two major essays by Roald Nasgaard and Gwendolyn Owens investigate Lawren Harris's exploration of modernity and the evolution of his work towards a form of abstraction that enthusiastically embraced the energies of the ambient visual culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoald Nasgaard is professor emeritus in art history at Florida State University. 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Dans les années 1920, un monde intérieur audacieux et coloré commence à se manifester dans son œuvre, et en 1934, contre toute attente, il entreprend une carrière de peintre abstrait outre-frontière.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLe milieu social, intellectuel et esthétique du transcendantalisme américain sert de modèle à un mouvement d'art abstrait en Amérique du Nord. Inspirés par les idées de Kandinsky et les écrits d'Emerson et Whitman, Harris et ses contemporains américains — Georgia O'Keeffe, Marsden Hartley, Katherine Dreier et Raymond Jonson — se tournent vers l'abstraction pour exprimer des états de conscience plus élevés.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAspirant à s'élever au-dessus des choses terrestres, Harris délaisse le paysage au profit du spirituel et de l'intériorité. Ce magnifique ouvrage reproduit plus de 75 peintures réalisées par Harris et ses contemporains. Les essais de Roald Nasgaard et Gwendolyn Owens analysent l'exploration de la modernité chez Lawren Harris et l'évolution de son œuvre vers une abstraction qui se nourrit du dynamisme de la culture visuelle ambiante.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h3\u003e\nRoald Nasgaard est professeur émérite de l’histoire de l’art à la Florida State University. 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The Group’s depiction of the rugged beauty of the Canadian landscape — from the coastal mountains of British Columbia to the north shore of Lake Superior, the villages of rural Quebec, and the rocky, windswept coves of Newfoundland — charged Canadians to experience their country in a bold new light and changed the face of Canadian art forever. Through their vigorous and expressive painterly style and vibrant colours, the Group of Seven significantly contributed to Canada’s sense of autonomy and identity as a modern state in the aftermath of the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing three hundred full-colour images, \u003ci\u003eA Like Vision\u003c\/i\u003e includes a lead essay by Ian A.C. Dejardin, Executive Director of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, and contributions by a host of artists, curators, and writers. 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