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The Life and Art of Mary Filer

Christina Johnson-Dean is a teacher and writer. Her books include of The Life and Art of Ina D. D. Uhthoff, shortlisted for the Victoria Butler Book Award; The Life and Art of Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher ...

Peace Dancer

Powerful illustrations accompany this skillfully told legend of the flood from the renowned Northwest Coast Legends series. Illustrated and told by renowned First Nations artist Roy Henry Vickers and ...

The Legacy Document

Aussi disponible en français
Document fondateur : Le Musée canadien de la guerre
9780660033990

Discover the architectural vision behind Canada’s striking and iconic national museum of military history. ...

Guide de l'architecture contemporaine de Montréal

Nancy Dunton a collaboré à divers projets d’architecture et organisé des programmes publics, notamment au Centre Canadien d’Architecture. Helen Malkin possède plus de 20 ans d’expérience en ...

The Canadian Horror Film

From the cheaply made “tax-shelter” films of the 1970s to the latest wave of contemporary “eco-horror,” Canadian horror cinema has rarely received much critical attention. Gina Freitag and André ...

Giotto and the St Francis cycle

First title in the series Stories Behind the Art, giving simple, clear descriptions of Giotto’s 28 frescoes in the Upper Church of the St. Francis Basilica in Assisi.

Supplemented by brief excerpts ...

Competing Modernisms

The 1958 competition for Toronto’s New City Hall and square was the largest competition of its era, attracting over 500 entries from architects across the globe. Weaving a tale that is equal parts civic, ...

The Life and Art of Jack Akroyd

By (author) Peter Busby
Introduction by Paul Wolf
Categories: History of art
Series: The Unheralded Artists of BC

“Mother Tongue’s noble rescue project, now eight in the Unheralded Artists of BC series… insightfully written… a sumptuously designed book, and contains a generous number of photographs of Akroyd’s ...

Art for War and Peace: How a Great Public Art Project Helped Canada Discover Itself

“Uncovers an important chapter in the adolescent years of Canadian identity… the book is an expertly collected document of the early efforts made by a young, spirited country desperate to define itself. ...

Orca Chief

Winner of a Moonbeam Spirit Award (2015) and a finalist for the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award (2016), Orca Chief is the third in a series of Northwest Coast legends by renowned ...