Towards a promised land : on the life and art of Colin McCahon /
Publication details: Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2010.Description: 210 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cmISBN:- 9781869404529
- 1869404521
- ND1108.M23 B764 2010
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Whitecliffe Library NZ & Pacific | NZ & Pacific | NZ&P ND 1108 MCC BRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0008034 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-202) and index.
Part one: Looking, attitudes, habits -- 1. Colin McCahon: a basis for understanding -- 2. McCahon's early relationship with Woollaston -- 3. To keep back beauty from vanishing away -- Part two: Autobiographical directions -- 4. Painter's pleasure -- 5. McCahon in his studio -- 6. Colin McCahon and the theatre -- 7. Colin McCahon: the autobiographical factor -- Part three: Promised land and other places -- 8. C.A. Cotton and the Bible's role in McCahon's landscapes -- 9. Colin McCahon: Crucifixion: the Apple branch, 1950 -- 10. Colin McCahon's Angels and Bed series -- 11. Colin McCahon and the Promised Land -- Part four: Challenge of inscribed words and numbers -- 12. With my left hand, I write: a consideration of Colin McCahon's word paintings to 1967 -- 13. McCahon's bridging numbers of 1965-66 -- 14. Colin McCahon: Can you hear me St Francis, 1969 -- 15 Colin McCahon's use of A letter to [the] Hebrews -- 16. Ecclesiastes and McCahon, the discursive dialoguer.
"McCahon filled his paintings with kauri, cliffs, candles and crosses - motifs and symbols he intended as potent reminders of what was important about ourselves and our environment - yet offered little in the way of explication. 'Towards a promised land' presents fresh insights into the use of these symbols and the underlying complexities of Colin McCahon's paintings"--Publisher's blurb.