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" About this book In print for over thirty years, The......
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Springer Netherlands
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1993
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For many people, Native American architecture calls to mind the wigwam, tipi, iglu, and pueblo. Yet the richly diverse building traditions of Native Americans encompass much more, including specific structures for sleeping, working, worshipping, meditating, playing,...
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Oxford University Press
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1990-10-25
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''Literature and Science,'' published in September 1963, was Aldous Huxley's last book - he died two months after it was published. In it, he strives to harmonize the scientific and artistic realms. He argues that language is what divides the two realms and makes...
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Rare Treasure Editions
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2025-09-16
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Ernest Thompson Seton was a pre-eminent artist and naturalist of his time. The Anatomy of Animals contains sketch studies of the wild life found in Canada and the United States and is considered a useful reference book for artists who paint, carve or sculpt wild life....
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Rare Treasure Editions
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2021-11-11
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The Brothers Karamasov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons—the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly...
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KTHTK
Parution :
2019-03-19
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Through the story of the brilliant but conflicted young Raskolnikov and the murder he commits, Fyodor Dostoyevsky explores the theme of redemption through suffering. “Crime and Punishment” put Dostoyevsky at the forefront of Russian writers when it appeared in 1866 and...
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KTHTK
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2019-03-19
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The Manuela Dias book design and Illustration Awards - General illustrations category
Alexander Kennedy Ishister Award for Non-Fiction
Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book
McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
This is a truly unique book. It offers an...
Editeur :
Éditions des Plaines
Parution :
2017-06-15
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Beginning in the mid-1960s and for the next thirty years, Vittorio was the king of poster art in Quebec and in Canada as a whole, where he also exhibited and won awards for his photographs, illustrations and comic strips. An artist with an innocent and often...
Editeur :
Juniper Publishing
Parution :
2015-11-26
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NON CLASSE
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The past two decades have witnessed a vigorous challenge to social work. A growing global convergence between the market and the public sector means that private sector values, priorities, and forms of work organization increasingly permeate social and community...
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
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2015-04-20
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Ley lines mark alignments of sacred sites such as ridgetops and ancient megaliths and create pathways between them. This book too marks alignments and creates pathways, but its sacred sites are not monuments, they’re artworks and poems. Its various forms of exchange...
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2014-10-22
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Frederick Coburn (1871-1960) was arguably Canada’s best-known painter at the peak of his career. Nick Fonda revisits Coburn’s work providing charming new insight into the painter and his surroundings. His method includes casting an inquisitive gaze on other accomplished...
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Baraka Books
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2014-09-15
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The near-militant voluntarism of the active players in cultural mediation engenders certain expectations: after a large investment in cultural creation is it not justifiable to aspire to reach the largest possible audience? Nine researchers from France, Québec and...
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Presses de l'Université du Québec
Parution :
2012-02-29
Collection :
Culture et publics
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Imagining Resistance: Visual Culture and Activism in Canada offers two separate but interconnected strategies for reading alternative culture in Canada from the 1940s through to the present: first, a history of radical artistic practice in Canada and, second, a...
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2011-09-23
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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...
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2011-04-12
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An authoritative work interspersed with nearly one hundred of John Ruskin’s Swiss drawings recounts his lifelong interest in Switzerland. Hayman provides a chronological account of Ruskin’s visits to Switzerland from his earliest travels in 1833 and 1835 and his...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2006-01-01
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This book contributes to our knowledge and understanding of African religious objects and opens new avenues of research in the field of African art. Artists themselves, both African and non-African will find inspiration in the union of beauty and meaning displayed in...
Editeur :
Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1996-01-01
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Within the context of a discussion of trends in folk art research, the author describes the social significance of the art of George Cockayne and provides a catalogue of his work described in his own words. Published in English.
Editeur :
Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1983-01-01
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The folk art of the Swiss-German Mennonites living in the Waterloo, Ontario region is compared with that of the Dutch-German Mennonites from the same area. Traditional arts discussed include Fraktur, needlework, wood-working and cooking. Published in English.
Editeur :
Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1979-01-01
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The Basket Maker is a charming and instructive book that transports readers into the world of traditional basket weaving, blending practical guidance with a heartwarming narrative. Set in the English countryside, the story follows the life of a humble basket maker and...
Editeur :
Science & Technology Publishing
Parution :
2025-09-01
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Poster Advertising is a comprehensive exploration of the art, history, and business of poster advertising, authored by W. S. Rogers. This seminal work delves into the evolution of posters as a powerful medium for commercial and artistic expression, tracing their origins...
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Science & Technology Publishing
Parution :
2025-09-01
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