Open AccessThe Imagined Cities of Three Canadian Painters
Author(s) -
Jon Caulfield
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
urban history review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1918-5138
pISSN - 0703-0428
DOI - 10.7202/1017559ar
Subject(s) - painting , politics , object (grammar) , observer (physics) , scape , art history , visual arts , art , aesthetics , political science , artificial intelligence , law , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , botany , biology
The paper argues that cityscapes of Toronto painted by John Gillespie in 1844/5, Robert Gagen in 1914 and Christiane Pflug in 1968-71 each illuminate and are illuminated by the urban historical periods in which they were created. The paper's conclusion suggests that three frameworks for looking at painters' images of cityscape are those of political economy, "sentiment and symbolism", and "discursive" relationship of observer and object.Selon l’auteur de cet article, les peintures que John Gillespie, Robert Gagen et Christiane Pflug firent de Toronto, respectivement en 1844 et 1845, en 1914, et entre 1968 et 1971, éclairent les périodes de développement urbain au cours desquelles elles furent créées et, par contrecoup, s’en trouvent éclairées. La conclusion ouvre trois perspectives permettant d’apprécier ces paysages urbains : l’économie politique, le « sentiment et le symbolisme » et la relation « discursive » entre l’observateur et l’objet