Images in Art
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Mount Assiniboine: Images in Art highlights a century of landscape art inspired by the Mount Assiniboine area of the Canadian Rockies from 1899 to 2006. The book includes a preface by Robert Sandford and an introduction discussing the history of exploration of the region, early ascents of Mount Assiniboine, the development of tourism, and the significant art this majestic peak has inspired. Illustrations in the introduction include four black-and-white archival photographs, along with five colour reproductions of Mary Vaux Walcott's stunning watercolours of wildflowers sketched in the area. The main text presents 42 colour plates illustrating a wide variety of styles and media from 23 artists including A.P. Coleman, Carl Rungius, James Simpson, Belmore Browne, Barbara and A.C. Leighton, Catharine and Peter Whyte, W.J. Phillips and A.Y. Jackson. Of these, only seven have been previously published. The colour plates are organized into three sections: approaching Assiniboine from the northwest; east of Assiniboine; and Mount Assiniboine itself. Each section is introduced with a black-and-white archival photograph and a quotation. The book concludes with a list of artists, endnotes, a full bibliography and an index.

Jane Lytton Gooch teaches in the English department at the University of British Columbia. Her enjoyment of hiking in the Rockies and a lifelong interest in art and letters come together in this book. A resident of Vancouver, she is a graduate of UBC and has a doctorate in Renaissance drama from the University of Toronto. Jane is also the author of Artists of the Rockies: Inspiration of Lake O'Hara.

ISBN: 978-1-894765-97-8 8" x 8", 160 pages $29.95, softcover Available October