The Carving of Canada, A Tale of Parliamentary Gothic

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The Carving of Canada,  A Tale of Parliamentary Gothic, 1999, by Munroe Scott, softcover, published by Penumbra Press, 176 pages.

From the back cover -----

The Carving of Canada begins with a small fire sparkling on the granite shore of a northern lake as the "Old One," a storyteller, challenges the listeners and readers to consider the possibility that a country is created by its artists. Old One's tale blends past and present into an ongoing pageant of Canadian history as it describes the work of Canada's for­mer Parliamentary Sculptor, Eleanor Milne, and her associates as they created three impressive masterpieces in the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa - the Frieze of History, the Constitution Stones, and the House of Commons Stained Glass Windows. They toiled, usually at night, for more than thirty years while remaining virtually unknown, and the storyteller suggests that anonymity is the price the artist pays for working within a Gothic whole.

The Carving of Canada intertwines the story of the Parliament Buildings and the story of Canada and its governing institutions with details of the sculptors' and glass crafters' arts and struggles. Like its subject, it is multi-layered but never strays from the engag­ing style of "a tale told by a campfire."

The contents include -----

Destruction and Rebirth

Creation Phase 1

            Phase 2

            Phase 3

            Phase 4

            Phase 5

Celebration Party 1

            Party 2

Denigration

Unification Step 1

                  Step 2

Evolution

Index of Carvings and Windows

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