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Swiss-German and Dutch-German Mennonite traditional art in the Waterloo Regio…
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.
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- 9781772823349
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Modern Artists on ArtSecond Enlarged Edition
This rich, readable anthology contains 17 unabridged essays by some of the 20th century's leading artistic innovators. Chosen for their intrinsic quality and documentary value by editor Robert L. Herbert Andrew W. Mellon Professor Emeritus of Humanities at Mount Holyoke College the essays are presented in their entirety to allow the fullest possible expression of their authors' ideas. Ranging…
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- 9780486146003
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La Cocina MexicanaMany Cultures, One Cuisine
After thirty years of leading culinary tours throughout Mexico, Marilyn Tausend teams up with Mexican chef and regional cooking authority Ricardo Muñoz Zurita to describe how the cultures of many profoundly different peoples combined to produce the unmistakable flavors of Mexican food. Weaving engrossing personal narrative with a broad selection of recipes, the authors show how the culinary he…
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Tracing memory
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 these signs. Similarly, those working in the fields of semantics and semiology will be able to draw upon the conceptual fields co…
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- 9781772823653
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- 1 online resource (226 pages)
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Fanciful Victorian Initials1,142 Decorative Letters from "Punch"
Rich compendium of capital letters selected from venerable British humor magazine. Astonishing wit, invention, draughtsmanship in letters drawn by Tenniel, Leech, Sambourne, Doyle, other Victorian masters. Historic calligraphy; topical, political, literary allusions; animals, plants, many other motifs. All copyright-free. Inexhaustible graphic inspiration.
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Pacific Pinot NoirA Comprehensive Winery Guide for Consumers and Connoisseurs
Featuring more than two hundred in-depth winery profiles, this definitive guide is the best single source of information on world-renowned pinot noirs from California and Oregon. Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of a grape variety considered by many to produce the ultimate food wine, John Winthrop Haeger offers this expanded, updated companion volume to his award-winning North American Pin…
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- 9780520942110
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- 1 online resource (496 pages)
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Vestiges de l'indiscipline
Associés à l'art populaire ou à l'art indiscipliné, les environnements d'art jalonnent le paysage québécois et on les découvre au hasard des routes. Entrez dans l'univers des artistes, artisans ou patenteux qui ont créé ces œuvres et laissé ces vibrants témoignages, et dont certains sont très connus.
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Pencil, Ink and Charcoal Drawing
This original compilation gathers together four of Charles X. Carlson's finest art instruction books and presents them in one comprehensive volume. A well-known artist, author, and teacher, Carlson offers clear, uncomplicated methods of drawing for aspiring artists at every level. Chock-full of step-by-step illustrations, this compendium expertly covers the fundamentals of drawing figures, port…
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Food in Time and PlaceThe American Historical Association Companion to Food H…
Food and cuisine are important subjects for historians across many areas of study. Food, after all, is one of the most basic human needs and a foundational part of social and cultural histories. Such topics as famines, food supply, nutrition, and public health are addressed by historians specializing in every era and every nation. Food in Time and Place delivers an unprecedented review of the …
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MuseocinematographyEthnographic film programs of the National Museum of Man, …
The author presents a history of ethnographic film-making by the National Museum of Man and the National Museum of Canada including a catalogue of films and footage with biographical notes and detailed shot lists of selected films.
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