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The National Gallery of Canada: Ideas, Art, Architecture
ISBN: 9780773525092 / Angielski / Twarda / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this critical history of the National Gallery of Canada, Douglas Ord explores how, in the gallery's development, art has consistently been linked to notions of religious truth, national spirit and hallowed atmosphere, culminating in Moshe Safdie's design for the institution's current building. Integrating accounts of political intrigue and public controversy with philosophy, art theory, and architectural analysis, Ord provides accounts of successive directors' struggles to obtain a permanent home for the nation's art. He looks at the gallery's historical and intellectual context - from...
In this critical history of the National Gallery of Canada, Douglas Ord explores how, in the gallery's development, art has consistently been linked t...
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275,10 zł |
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Jack Shadbolt and the Coastal Indian Image
ISBN: 9780774802628 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jack Shadbot was inspired in his formative years by hi contact with Emily Carr and with her brooding works portraying the remnants of Indian villages against the overwhelming wilderness. He made sketches of Indian artifacts and the Cowichan Reserve in the 1930s, but it was only after World War II that elements of Indian art began tooshow up in his style. Marjoria Halpin finds in the changes in the way Indian forms occur in Shadbolt's paintings an appropriate expression of the changing attitudes of British Columbians to native society and the political will the native people now manifest.... Jack Shadbot was inspired in his formative years by hi contact with Emily Carr and with her brooding works portraying the remnants of Indian villag... |
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120,16 zł |
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Tales of Ghosts: First Nations Art in British Columbia, 1922-61
ISBN: 9780774809559 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ronald Hawker's insightful examination focuses on the complex functions that Northwest Coast objects, such as the totem pole and ceremonial masks produced between 1922 and 1961. He demonstrates how these objects asserted the integrity and meaningfulness of First Nations identities, while simultaneously resisting the intent and effects of assimilation enforced by the Canadian government's denial of land claims, its ban of the potlatch, and its support of assimilationist education. Ronald Hawker's insightful examination focuses on the complex functions that Northwest Coast objects, such as the totem pole and ceremonial masks p... |
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177,71 zł |
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Switchbacks: Art, Ownership, and Nuxalk National Identity
ISBN: 9780774812283 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Switchbacks explores how the Nuxalk of Bella Coola, British Columbia, negotiate such complex questions as: Who owns culture? How should culture be transmitted to future generations? Where does selling and buying Nuxalk art fit into attempts to regain control of heritage? To answer these questions, Jennifer Kramer undertook participant observation at Nuxalk artists? studios, in the Nuxalk-run band school's cultural education classes, and during the everyday activities of Nuxalk in their homes. She charts the fluid character of tangible material culture (such as masks and other... Switchbacks explores how the Nuxalk of Bella Coola, British Columbia, negotiate such complex questions as: Who owns culture? How should cult... |
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151,53 zł |
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Unsettling Encounters: First Nations Imagery in the Art of Emily Carr
ISBN: 9780774812825 / Angielski / Twarda / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unsettling Encounters radically re-examines Emily Carr's achievement in representing Native life on the Northwest Coast, and her goals and achievements in representing Native villages and totem poles in her paintings and writings. Reconstructing a neglected body of Carr's works that was central in shaping her vision and career makes possible a new assessment of her significance as a leading figure in the history of early twentieth-century Modernism. Unsettling Encounters includes a vivid recreation of the rapidly changing historical and social circumstances in which... Unsettling Encounters radically re-examines Emily Carr's achievement in representing Native life on the Northwest Coast, and her goals and a... |
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366,43 zł |
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Lawren Harris: An Introduction to His Life and Art
ISBN: 9781552977637 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The illustrated account of the Group of Seven leader. Lawren Harris was born into the enviable position of having the means to fully devote his life to his art. He was also born with vision, determination, and talent. As a result, Harris became the driving force and leading proponent of the Group of Seven. He was also an accomplished artist who captured the unique magnificence of Canadian life and landscape. Born into the wealthy Harris family (of the Massey-Harris farm machinery company), Lawren was able to study art in Berlin and absorb the rich European art culture.... The illustrated account of the Group of Seven leader. Lawren Harris was born into the enviable position of having the means to fully devot... |
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54,75 zł |
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The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson
ISBN: 9781554071548 / Angielski / Twarda / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A compact edition of an award-winning best-seller -- more affordable than the celebrated original, but otherwise identical. At a critical time in Canada's history, the Group of Seven revolutionized the country's appreciation of itself by celebrating Canada as a wild and beautiful land. These paintings of the wilderness evoke the same response in viewers today as they did when first exhibited. The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson includes many never -- before reproduced paintings and presents the most complete and extensive collection of these artists' works... A compact edition of an award-winning best-seller -- more affordable than the celebrated original, but otherwise identical. At a cr... |
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221,85 zł |
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Will Gorlitz: Nowhere If Not Here
ISBN: 9781554580491 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Will Gorlitz: nowhere if not here examines the art, background, and theoretical concerns of contemporary Canadian artist Will Gorlitz. Appreciated especially for his painting and drawing, Gorlitz produces imaginative and highly visual artwork that is further distinguished by its fundamentally restructured and critically extended approach to representational painting. With differing emphases from several contributing writers, this book identifies the contexts, methodologies, and motivations that comprise the artist's practice over the past 25 years. The book is published in... Will Gorlitz: nowhere if not here examines the art, background, and theoretical concerns of contemporary Canadian artist Will Gorlitz. Appr... |
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230,32 zł |
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Cultural Memories and Imagined Futures: The Art of Jane Ash Poitras
ISBN: 9781552382714 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the past decade, Jane Ash Poitras, a First Nations woman from northern Alberta, has emerged as one of the most important Canadian artists of her generation.
Raised by a German widow who powdered her dark skin and tried to make her straight hair curl, Poitras did not begin to fully explore her indigenous roots until adulthood. Seeking out her extended family and participating in profound cultural experiences, she began to discover the side of herself that she was denied as a child. At the same time, she made a commitment to her art. With the opportunity to pursue a master's degree... In the past decade, Jane Ash Poitras, a First Nations woman from northern Alberta, has emerged as one of the most important Canadian artists of her ge...
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186,32 zł |
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Woldemar Neufeldas Canada: A Mennonite Artist in the Canadian Landscape 1925-1995
ISBN: 9781554581900 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Woldemar Neufeld (1909-2002) emigrated with his Mennonite parents from Ukraine to Canada in 1924. By the late 1920s, he had begun his lifelong project as documentarist, responding especially to the built environment, whether close to his home in southern Ontario or farther afield: northern Ontario, the prairies and the west coast, the Maritimes and Quebec. His work passed through a number of styles, from the coolly abstract to the vividly "realistic." Although he never abandoned oils, he produced a substantial body of watercolours and block prints--the latter influenced by German... Woldemar Neufeld (1909-2002) emigrated with his Mennonite parents from Ukraine to Canada in 1924. By the late 1920s, he had begun his lifelong pro... |
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389,81 zł |
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Picturing the Land: Narrating Territories in Canadian Landscape Art, 1500-1950 Volume 3
ISBN: 9780773538177 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Emphasizing the ways in which social, economic, and political conditions determine representation, Marylin McKay moves beyond canonical images and traditional nationalistic interpretations by analyzing Canadian landscape art in relation to different concepts of territory. Taking an expansive and inclusive perspective on Canadian landscape art, McKay depicts this tradition in all its diversity and draws it into the larger body of Western landscape art, broadening the horizon of future study, appreciation, and criticism. Richly illustrated and filled with sophisticated and innovative...
Emphasizing the ways in which social, economic, and political conditions determine representation, Marylin McKay moves beyond canonical images and tra...
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275,10 zł |
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The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson
ISBN: 9781554078851 / Angielski / Miękka / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Silcox is] a wonderfully lucid stylist . . . this definitive volume presents 400 supreme color reproductions . . . covering the entire spectrum of the proficient and prolific group's magnificent output . . . every painting is vibrantly, radiantly, and gloriously alive: a veritable hymn to life." At a critical time in Canada's history, the Group of Seven revolutionized the country's appreciation of itself by celebrating Canada as a wild and beautiful land. These paintings of the wilderness evoke the same response in viewers today as they did when... "Silcox is] a wonderfully lucid stylist . . . this definitive volume presents 400 supreme color reproductions . . . covering the entire spe... |
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137,55 zł |
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Literature and Painting in Quebec: From Imagery to Identity
ISBN: 9781442643987 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This unique study explores how Quebec's landscapes have been represented in both literature and visual art throughout the centuries, from the writing of early explorers such as Cartier and Champlain to work by prominent contemporary authors and artists from the province. William J. Berg traces recurrent images and themes within these creations through the most significant periods in the development of a Quebecois identity that was threatened initially by the wilderness and indigenous populations, and later by the dominance of British and American influences. Focusing on the interplay... This unique study explores how Quebec's landscapes have been represented in both literature and visual art throughout the centuries, from the writi... |
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374,08 zł |
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Tom Thomson: An Introduction to His Life and Art
ISBN: 9781552976821 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tom Thomson stands as the most important artist in Canadian history. A forerunner of the Group of Seven, Thomson crated paintings that shaped the way Canadian view their land. Although he died before he was forty, Thomson's compelling works ignited a powerful national art movement and created lasting icons for a young country. His mysterious death continues to stir speculation and spin off theories but he emotional response to his paintings is stronger than ever. This illustrated introduction to Thomson will provide all the background and insight readers need to appreciate... Tom Thomson stands as the most important artist in Canadian history. A forerunner of the Group of Seven, Thomson crated paintings that shaped the ... |
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54,75 zł |
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Talent Next Door - Kitchener Waterloo & Area Volume 2
ISBN: 9780987789518 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Talent Next Door Kitchener Waterloo and Area Volume 2 - Is our SECOND catalogue of fabulous artists working in the Kitchener Waterloo region and the smaller towns west of it. After the successful launch of VOLUME 1, we made an even larger book with all new art, and many new artists. Watercolour, Oil, Acrylic, Ink, Pencil, Photography, Digital, Metal, Glass, Fiber, Clay, and Wood falls under the category of raw materials transformed into fabulous works of art by the 139 artists featured in this stunning who's who of local talent on 146 pages. Each artist's work has once again been judged by an...
Talent Next Door Kitchener Waterloo and Area Volume 2 - Is our SECOND catalogue of fabulous artists working in the Kitchener Waterloo region and the s...
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135,20 zł |
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Avant-Garde Canadian Literature: The Early Manifestations
ISBN: 9781442643772 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Avant-Garde Canadian Literature, Gregory Betts draws attention to the fact that the avant-garde has had a presence in Canada long before the country's literary histories have recognized, and that the radicalism of avant-garde art has been sabotaged by pedestrian terms of engagement by the Canadian media, the public, and the literary critics. This book presents a rich body of evidence to illustrate the extent to which Canadians have been producing avant-garde art since the start of the twentieth century. Betts explores the radical literary ambitions and achievements of... In Avant-Garde Canadian Literature, Gregory Betts draws attention to the fact that the avant-garde has had a presence in Canada long befor... |
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324,57 zł |
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Fort Frances: Getting to know the town, the people and the region
ISBN: 9781466267824 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fort Frances 15 short stories Charm and Character of the town and region and people
Fort Frances 15 short stories Charm and Character of the town and region and people
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71,12 zł |
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Shore, Forest and Beyond: Art from the Audain Collection
ISBN: 9781553659297 / Angielski / Twarda / 157 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The stunning collection of artworks from a premier Canadian art patron, including Northwest art, British Columbia artists and Mexican modernist Diego Rivera
The stunning collection of artworks from a premier Canadian art patron, including Northwest art, British Columbia artists and Mexican modernist Diego ...
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244,28 zł |
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Making Culture: English-Canadian Institutions and the Arts Before the Massey Commission
ISBN: 9780802067845 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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159,51 zł |
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Vera Frenkel
ISBN: 9783775732475 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With this monograph, award-winning multidisciplinary artist Vera Frenkel receives her first major survey. Exhibited internationally, her installations, videos, writings and media arts projects address the forces at work in human migration and displacement, the learning and un-learning of cultural memory, the relation of totalitarianism and resistance and the increasing bureaucratization of experience. Works discussed include String Games: Improvisations for Inter-City Video; This Is Your Messiah Speaking; -... from the Transit Bar-; Body Missing; ONCE NEAR...
With this monograph, award-winning multidisciplinary artist Vera Frenkel receives her first major survey. Exhibited internationally, her installations...
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236,36 zł |