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Silk Stocking Mats : Hooked Mats of the Grenfell Mission
ISBN: 9780773525061 / Angielski / Miękka / 197 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. The recycling of stockings dyed in soft hues is just one of various innovations that made Grenfell hooked mats collectible folk art. This book chronicles the development of a local craft into an art form. It draws on interviews with women who recall their hooking days, the study of hundreds of documents, and examination of Grenfell hooked mats.
The recycling of stockings dyed in soft hues is just one of various innovations that made Grenfell hooked mats collectible folk art. This book chronic...
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223,62 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. 25-30 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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125,85 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. 25-30 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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272,48 zł |
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Lawren Harris : An Introduction to His Life and Art
ISBN: 9781552977637 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 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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52,58 zł |
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The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson
ISBN: 9781554071548 / Angielski / Twarda / 441 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 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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199,83 zł |
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Art or Memorial? : The Forgotten History of Canada's War Art
ISBN: 9781552381786 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Canadian War Museum possesses one of the finest twentieth-century official war art collections in the world. Until relatively recently, however, the collection has received limited public attention. In Art or Memorial?, author Laura Brandon explores some of the reasons why this may have been the case.
At various times throughout its history, the war art collection has receded from and re-emerged in the nation's collective consciousness. Nevertheless, as an invaluable part of the official record of war in Canada, it is profoundly significant. Brandon argues that the value of the... The Canadian War Museum possesses one of the finest twentieth-century official war art collections in the world. Until relatively recently, however, t...
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326,72 zł |
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A Grand Eye for Glory: A Life of Franz Johnston
ISBN: 9781550023053 / Angielski / Twarda / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Winner of the 1999 International Gallery of Superb Printing Gold Award for Superb Craftsmanship in Production Winner of the 1999 International Gallery of Superb Printing Gold Award for Superb Craftsmanship in Production |
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120,39 zł |
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Magic off Main : The Art of Esther Warkov
ISBN: 9781552380994 / Angielski / Miękka / 99 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Magic Off Main chronicles the life and art of Esther Warkov, a visual artist of Jewish heritage who lives in Winnipeg and paints in a surrealistic and postmodern style. It considers Warkov's art through an understanding of her life and the palpable effect her life as a Jewish woman growing up on the Canadian prairies has had on her art.
By tracing the development of Warkov's art over forty years, Rasporich addresses aspects of biography, social and cultural history, and art history in a cohesive volume. This biography is not limited to the narrow discipline of art and art history.... Magic Off Main chronicles the life and art of Esther Warkov, a visual artist of Jewish heritage who lives in Winnipeg and paints in a surrealistic and...
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176,30 zł |
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Will Gorlitz : nowhere if not here
ISBN: 9781554580491 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 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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179,92 zł |
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Spirit Matters : Ron (Gyo-zo) Spickett, Artist, Poet, Priest
ISBN: 9781552382554 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Ronald Spickett (1926 ) is a Calgary-based artist, poet, and Zen Buddhist lay priest. During his long career, he also taught studio art, both at the Alberta College of Art and Design and at the University of Calgary. "Spirit Matters "will complement a fall 2009 exhibition to be held at the Nickle Arts Museum, for which author Geoffrey Simmins is guest curator. Today, Ronald Spickett, also known by his Buddhist name of Gyo-Zo, is best known for a series of ambitious paintings he executed during the 1960s, paintings with Western themes such as posses and riders. However, the scope of Spickett s...
Ronald Spickett (1926 ) is a Calgary-based artist, poet, and Zen Buddhist lay priest. During his long career, he also taught studio art, both at the A...
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183,91 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. 25-30 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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195,31 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. 25-30 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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302,34 zł |
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Lucy Jarvis: Even Stones Have Life
ISBN: 9780864928924 / Angielski / Twarda / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. Winner, Best Atlantic Published Book Award Shortlisted, New Brunswick Book Award for Non-Fiction Writing early in 1962, Lucy Jarvis said she felt "just at the threshold of beginning." Jarvis had studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in the 1920s, later becoming part of the social realist movement, committed to an art "of the people." In 1941, Jarvis co-founded the UNB Art Centre with Pegi Nicol MacLeod, and together, they turned it into a place of creative effervescence. Passionate and single-minded, Jarvis threw herself into everything that she... Winner, Best Atlantic Published Book Award Shortlisted, New Brunswick Book Award for Non-Fiction Writing early in 1962, L... |
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197,30 zł |
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Studio Billie's Calendar: A Perpetual Calendar
ISBN: 9780772662842 / Angielski / Other Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. "Missus couldn't run the studio without me," says Billie the dog. This perpetual calendar is much more than 12 pictures with spaces for notes. Join Emily Carr's faithful companion, Studio Billie, on this light-hearted journey through a year in his life. It's 1909 and "the missus" runs a painting studio in Victoria, where she gives lessons to students and paints her own works. Studio Billie is with her always, except when "chained to a wretched kennel" when visiting relatives, or when having to spend time "down on cold rheumatic wind-swept lower decks, when they travel with... "Missus couldn't run the studio without me," says Billie the dog. This perpetual calendar is much more than 12 pictures with spaces... |
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67,01 zł |
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The Art of John Snow
ISBN: 9781552385166 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. John Snow was a farm boy who played the violin, a navigator for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in enemy skies, a student of Henry Moore and British modernism, a loans officer at the Royal Bank of Canada, a lithographer . . . and an animateur of the arts in Calgary.-
So begins Elizabeth Herbert's intriguing study of a vital and influential figure in the cultural development of Calgary and a pioneer in the art of printmaking in Canada. Although everyone in Calgary's art community is familiar with the work of John Snow (1911-2004), there has never been a full-scale exhibition of Snow's art in... John Snow was a farm boy who played the violin, a navigator for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in enemy skies, a student of Henry Moore and British moderni...
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199,83 zł |
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Full Spectrum : The Architecture of Jeremy Sturgess
ISBN: 9781552385128 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. Limited Edition: This unique look at Calgary architect Jeremy Sturgess's creative career is presented as a boxed set of nine portfolios in a print run of only 750 copies.
Governor-General award winning architect Jeremy Sturgess recently celebrated thirty years in practice in Calgary, where he has been based his whole career. During that time, Sturgess has made a major contribution to transforming the architectural face of the city, from individual houses to large-scale public projects such as the Calgary Water Centre, the Grand Theatre, and Calgary's most recent downtown LRT... Limited Edition: This unique look at Calgary architect Jeremy Sturgess's creative career is presented as a boxed set of nine portfolios in a print run...
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445,92 zł |
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Picturing the Land : Narrating Territories in Canadian Landscape Art, 1500-1950
ISBN: 9780773538177 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 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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272,48 zł |
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Group of Seven and Tom Thompson
ISBN: 9781554078851 / Angielski / Miękka / 441 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 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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123,20 zł |
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Literature and Painting In Quebec : From Imagery to Identity
ISBN: 9781442643987 / Angielski / Twarda / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 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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359,28 zł |
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Tom Thomson : An Introduction to His Life and Art
ISBN: 9781552976821 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 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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52,58 zł |