Weekly Submittable #8 (Rehanging the National Wallpaper) PDF

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essay analysis of 'Rehanging the National Wallpaper' by Daniel Francis. Analysis' tone, essay structure, sentence structure, as well as word choice. Offers a brief summary of he article as well...

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Rehanging the national wallpaper by Daniel Francis is a work that covers the story of the Group of Seven. This prominent and influential artist collective had a profound impact on Canadian impressions of modern art. The essay has a formal tone and is very elevated without losing sight of the story it presents. The piece tells the true history of the Group of 7; how they fabricated lies to appear as if they were 'the victim of malign critics suffering from a colonial mentality.' Daniel Francis' writing style in this work is technical and abstractive. The technicality can be witnessed all over the literature as it references the periods the Group of 7 flourished through quotes of critics, relatives, and even the members themselves. This type grants the reader a better understanding of what the situations were like back then from both sides, 'the portly figure of Toronto critic Hector Charlesworth,' the harsh backward-minded critic as he was mythicized as by the Group and its fans. And then the Group itself has their perspective dictated honestly for the reader to judge. Francis utilizes common words in the essay to describe people, but he does so without making his work informal. For example, 'All the better that he was self-taught and completely ignorant of modern painting. The others considered him the prototype of what the new Canadian artist should be: an untutored genius...' This passage describes Tomson and why he was so popular, and the word choice is so refining and uncomplicated. 'Untutored genius' is such an elegant way of expressing his raw talent that did not conform to the mainstream art scene at the time. Daniel Francis writes very wonderfully; he doesn't use downright complicated words that require readers to look up in the dictionary, yet his work remains sophisticated....