Rocks continues Joan Murray's thematic series of artbooks based on the Group of Seven, but this time shehas chosen to mine a formidable subject, focussingparticularly on the images of Canada's naturalbeauty by Arthur Lismer and Franklin Carmichael. 

Murray concentrates on the preference of the Groupof Seven for painting tremendous rocks, rocksmassive and dense, rocks that were created at thebeginning of the world, rocks that compose Canadaand have affected Canadians. The Group of Sevenwere like the rocks themselves, solid men whowanted to create in paint "an everlasting beauty." 

Murray has marshalled an impressive group ofpaintings--some quite well known. Awesome tobehold, the rock of Canada posed regally for theGroup of Seven, and the paintings in this bookconvey a strong view of the country's majesty.