ABSTRACT
Spirituality and Social Consciousness in the Art
and Thought of Miller Gore Brittain, c.1930-1946.
Brian Foss
1985
This thesis deals with the life, thought, and art of
Miller Gore Brittain during the years c.1930-46. It examines two ideas which are
frequently, but uncritically, applied to his work: spirituality and social consciousness.
A careful study of Brittain's interests and activities reveals that the first of these
factors played a much more substantial role in the artist's work than is usually supposed,
and that it became an important contributing element to both his thought and his art at a
much earlier date than is generally allowed. The second of the two factors, social
consciousness, is revealed as a factor of minimal importance. Elements of Brittain's art
which are often attributed to the presence in the artist of an active social conscience
are more properly seen to derive largely from his spiritual convictions.
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