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Du coq à l'âmeL'art populaire au Québec
L'art populaire est le reflet d'une société, de la perspective de ses créateurs, dont les approches sont tantôt traditionnelles et rationnelles, tantôt indisciplinées et débridées. D'hier ou d'aujourd'hui, l'art populaire révèle toute son expressivité, met en valeur les objets anciens et contemporains. Du coq à l'âme. L'art populaire au Québec est le résultat de plusieurs anné…
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- 9782760308190
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Something out of nothingThe work of George Cockayne
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.
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- 9781772823509
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- 1 online resource (124 pages)
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Dit des signes
Ce livre contribue à notre connaissance et à notre compréhension des objets religieux africains et ouvre de nouvelles voies pour la recherche dans le domaine de l'art africain. Les artistes eux mêmes, africains et non-africains, trouveront l'inspiration dans l'union de la beauté et du sens présentés dans ces signes. Également, les personnes qui travaillent dans les domaines de la séman…
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- 9782760324275
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- 1 online resource (221 pages)
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Charles-François Lirette
Ce dossier présente l'histoire de vie de Charles-François Lirette telle qu'il l'a enregistrée sur photographies au cours de sa longue vie d'aventurier.
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- 9782760324213
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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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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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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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- 9782760324282
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- 1 online resource (208 pages)
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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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- 9781772821734
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Frankenstein 200The Birth, Life, and Resurrection of Mary Shelley's Monster
Two centuries ago, a teenage genius created a monster that still walks among us. In 1818, Mary Shelley published Frankenstein, and in doing so set forth into the world a scientist and his monster. The daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, famed women's rights advocate, and William Godwin, radical political thinker and writer, Mary Shelley is considered the mother of the modern genres of horror and s…
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- 9780253039071
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King of Fashion: The Autobiography of Paul PoiretThe Autobiography of Paul Po…
Paul Poiret (1879–1944) led the fashion world in the first decade of the 20th century. His autobiography tells the story of the meteoric rise of a draper's son to the "King of Fashion." From his humble Parisian childhood, to his debut as a couturier, to his experiences during World War I, Poiret reveals all in this captivating tale, first published in 1931. His artistic flair, coupled wit…
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- 9781851776726
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