Research Summary
The Painting I chose for this research is “Byzantine nun and priest by Paul Emile Borduas. My research process started off with trying to figure out what the painting meant without actually looking it up. I attempted to find who, what, where, when and how from visual information only. When officially started to research about "Byzantine nun and priest," I couldn't find much information about the painting itself but more about the artist's life. Finding sources that were important was a little difficult since most information was limited to the most popular times of his life. The sources I had most trouble finding was the journals. Also in some instances, I had too much information about a certain subject and had to pick the …show more content…
From the beginning of his art life till his death, many subjects are mentioned that I wouldn’t of think of searching. The encyclopedias I searched were Britannica and The Canadian Encyclopedia because I could examine any topic that I was struggling with to find in other sources. The issues I chose to dig up were the definition of Automatism and Information about Ozias Leduc who was Paul Emile Borduas' tutor in the arts. Leduc was a very hard topic to research since he was more of a church painter than canvas. The 2 books I chose are “The Total Refusal” by Paul Emile Borduas (1948) and translated by Ray Ellenwood (2010) and “Paul Emile Borduas” by Francois Marc Gagnon (1988) I have read bits of “The Total Refusal” in another class and was interested in finding more detail about the movement itself. Also it will help understand his philosophy and train of thought behind his painting .Both were produced in the same year. As for “Paul Emile Borduas” This will assist me by actually having a section about the painting I chose. Like I mentioned before it was quite hard to find more information about the painting itself and this book even makes references to other paintings that might be connected to it. The chapters that will assist me as well are about the start of his career and how it all began
The Painting I chose for this research is “Byzantine nun and priest by Paul Emile Borduas. My research process started off with trying to figure out what the painting meant without actually looking it up. I attempted to find who, what, where, when and how from visual information only. When officially started to research about "Byzantine nun and priest," I couldn't find much information about the painting itself but more about the artist's life. Finding sources that were important was a little difficult since most information was limited to the most popular times of his life. The sources I had most trouble finding was the journals. Also in some instances, I had too much information about a certain subject and had to pick the …show more content…
From the beginning of his art life till his death, many subjects are mentioned that I wouldn’t of think of searching. The encyclopedias I searched were Britannica and The Canadian Encyclopedia because I could examine any topic that I was struggling with to find in other sources. The issues I chose to dig up were the definition of Automatism and Information about Ozias Leduc who was Paul Emile Borduas' tutor in the arts. Leduc was a very hard topic to research since he was more of a church painter than canvas. The 2 books I chose are “The Total Refusal” by Paul Emile Borduas (1948) and translated by Ray Ellenwood (2010) and “Paul Emile Borduas” by Francois Marc Gagnon (1988) I have read bits of “The Total Refusal” in another class and was interested in finding more detail about the movement itself. Also it will help understand his philosophy and train of thought behind his painting .Both were produced in the same year. As for “Paul Emile Borduas” This will assist me by actually having a section about the painting I chose. Like I mentioned before it was quite hard to find more information about the painting itself and this book even makes references to other paintings that might be connected to it. The chapters that will assist me as well are about the start of his career and how it all began