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Book Ken Thomson the Collector

Download or read book Ken Thomson the Collector written by Art Gallery of Ontario and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Canadian Art

    Book Details:
  • Author : Art Gallery of Ontario
  • Publisher : University of Washington Press
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 164 pages

Download or read book Canadian Art written by Art Gallery of Ontario and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Together with important First Nations material, the Thomson Canadian Collection is the largest of all private holdings of Canadian art. There are rare and incomparable examples of Northwest Coast Aboriginal art. Krieghoff's inspired accounts of life in the Canadas, prior to Confederation, bring the light and atmosphere of history fully into the present. A staggering power to capture the fleeting and the fugitive in paint still distinguishes the work of the early 20th-century painter Morrice.

Book Mapping Doggerland

Download or read book Mapping Doggerland written by Vincent L. Gaffney and published by Archaeopress. This book was released on 2007 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mapping Doggerland documents the methodology and results of an innovative project to investigate a large area of the Southern North Sea, submerged during the last Glacial Maximum between 10,000 and 7500 bp.

Book Readings from Emile Durkheim

Download or read book Readings from Emile Durkheim written by Prof Kenneth Thompson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emile Durkheim is regarded as a "founding father" of sociology, and is studied in all basic sociology courses. This handy textbook is a key collection of translations from Durkheim's major works.

Book A Pandemic Is Worldwide

Download or read book A Pandemic Is Worldwide written by Sarah L. Thomson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read and find out the science behind a pandemic and how to stay safe in this illustrated, informative nonfiction picture book. Everybody gets sick now and then—maybe with a runny nose or a sore throat. But sometimes, a lot of people get sick at once. If a disease spreads all over the world, that’s a pandemic. The current COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of kids across the world and has caused fear and confusion as people in charge have given conflicting orders. Read to discover the answers to some of your biggest questions, including: What is a pandemic? How are they created and spread? Has anything like this ever happened before? What is a coronavirus? What can we do to stay safe and healthy? While pandemics are rare, several have happened throughout the world’s history, such as the bubonic plague and smallpox, and our scientists have observed and learned some important lessons, such as the importance of vaccines. This Level 2 Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out shares important facts about past and current pandemics, taking readers from the origin of the word “quarantine” and through history’s many pandemics, to milestones such as the first vaccine that helped end smallpox. This book also comes with a handwashing diagram, a glossary, and a timeline of past pandemics and their impact on the world. This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. It's a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are: hands-on and visual acclaimed and trusted great for classrooms Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs: Entertain and educate at the same time Have appealing, child-centered topics Developmentally appropriate for emerging readers Focused; answering questions instead of using survey approach Employ engaging picture book quality illustrations Use simple charts and graphics to improve visual literacy skills Feature hands-on activities to engage young scientists Meet national science education standards Written/illustrated by award-winning authors/illustrators & vetted by an expert in the field Over 130 titles in print, meeting a wide range of kids' scientific interests Books in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

Book Medieval Ivories and Works of Art

Download or read book Medieval Ivories and Works of Art written by John Lowden and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publicado con ocasión de la exposición homónima, en The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, from october 28, 2017, through january 7, 2018CONTENTS6 Forewordg Introduction11 Byzantine and Romanesque23 Châsses and reliquaries38 Gothic ivories and ivory carving in the Middle Ages43 Ivory statuettes large and small63 Passion diptychs: Variants on a theme85 Diptychs with other scenes105 Fragments of larger ensembles113 Medallions and roundels117 Domestic and personal items129 Private devotion147 Fragments of major works.

Book Policy Matters

    Book Details:
  • Author : Clive Robertson
  • Publisher : YYZ Books
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9780920397367
  • Pages : 308 pages

Download or read book Policy Matters written by Clive Robertson and published by YYZ Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this book Clive Robertson examines the subject of arts administration through the three major topics of 'artist-run culture as movement and apparatus', 'custody battles with/at the Canada Council' and Carings for art and culture'. Includes interviews with Paule Leduc, Roch Carrier, Edythe Goodriche, and Bruce Russell." -- From Art Metropole website (viewed 23 May 2018).

Book Insight Guides Canada  Travel Guide eBook

Download or read book Insight Guides Canada Travel Guide eBook written by Insight Guides and published by Apa Publications (UK) Limited. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural wonders abound in Canada's many provinces, from polar bears in Manitoba to the thundering Niagara Falls in Ontario, skiing in Whistler, sprawling prairies and stunning national parks. Add to that fascinating insights into the culture of native peoples such as the Inuit and M�tis, the history of French Canada and bustling world-class cities and it's easy to see the appeal. Be inspired to visit by the new edition of Insight Guide Canada, a comprehensive full-colour guide to this epic country. Inside Insight Guide Canada:A fully-overhauled edition by our expert author.Stunning photography that brings this fascinating country and its people to life. Highlights of the country's top attractions, including the treasures of museums such as the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver and the Mus�e d'arch�ologie et d'histoire de Montr�al, spectacular walking trails such as the Cabot Trail and francophone Qu�bec City.Descriptive region-by-region accounts cover the whole country from Vancouver to Newfoundland.Detailed, high-quality maps throughout will help you get around and travel tips give you all the essential information for planning a memorable trip. Insight Guide Canada now includes the Walking Eye app, free to download to smartphones and tablets on purchase of the book. About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Book Working the Dead Beat

Download or read book Working the Dead Beat written by Sandra Martin and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longlisted for the Charles Taylor Prize and selected as a Globe and Mail Top 100 Book and an iTunes Store Best Book Globe and Mail columnist Sandra Martin honours the lives of Canada's famous, infamous, and unsung heroes in this unique collection of obituaries of the first decade of the twenty-first century. Here are Canadian icons such as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, economist John Kenneth Galbraith, social activist June Callwood, and urban theorist Jane Jacobs. Here are builders such as feminist and editor Doris Anderson, and businessman and famed art collector Ken Thomson. Here are our rogues, rascals, and romantics; our service men and women; and here are those private citizens whose lives have had an undeniable public impact. Finally, Martin interweaves these elegant and eloquent biographies with the autobiography of the obit writer, offering an exclusive and intimate view of life on the dead beat. Beautifully written, compelling, and vivid, Working the Dead Beat is a tribute to those individuals who, each on their own and as a collective, tell the story of our country, and to the life of the obit writer who chronicles their extraordinary lives.

Book Have You Seen

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Thomson
  • Publisher : Knopf Publishing Group
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 0375711341
  • Pages : 1025 pages

Download or read book Have You Seen written by David Thomson and published by Knopf Publishing Group. This book was released on 2008 with total page 1025 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Including masterpieces, oddities, guilty pleasures, and classics (with just a few disasters)"--Cover.

Book Insight Guides  Canada

    Book Details:
  • Author : Insight Guides
  • Publisher : Apa Publications (UK) Limited
  • Release : 2014-05-01
  • ISBN : 1780057652
  • Pages : 1048 pages

Download or read book Insight Guides Canada written by Insight Guides and published by Apa Publications (UK) Limited. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 1048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insight Guide Canada is a comprehensive, full-colour guide to getting the most out of one of the world's most beautiful countries. Engaging History and Culture chapters explain the tumultuous history of Canada, and the factors influencing Canadian culture and identity; from ancient Inuit settlements, through to the arrival of the British, to the influx of immigrants from all over the world. The burgeoning arts scene, local cuisine and the wild landscape, all contributors to the country's unique character, are fully explored. To help with planning your trip, the Places chapters encompass all of Canada's provinces, cover the vibrant cities of Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal in detail, and suggest where to visit and what to do in Canada's great outdoors, including taking the train across the majestic Rocky Mountains. Full-colour photographs throughout illustrate the beauty of the Canadian landscape and give a true flavour of life in the country today. Detailed maps plot all major sights, and the Travel Tips offer practical advice plus selective, independent reviews of the best and most authentic places to stay and eat.

Book Rubens s Massacre of the Innocents

Download or read book Rubens s Massacre of the Innocents written by Art Gallery of Ontario and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent rediscovery of Rubens's Massacre of the Innocents (bought by Lord Thomson for 50 million in 2002) offers an important opportunity to reassess the painter's early career. Of Rubens's works immediately following his return to Antwerp in 1608, it is the most assured, achieving a remarkable complexity both compositionally and emotionally.

Book DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Canada

Download or read book DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Canada written by DK Travel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This easy-to-use guide has everything you need to plan the trip of a lifetime, whether that includes snow sports in the Canadian Rockies, witnessing the power of Niagara Falls, or simply discovering the best restaurants in Montreal. Stunning photography and detailed descriptions, plus DK's unique illustrations and floor plans, allow this guide to showcase the best places to visit in Canada. Packed with valuable insider information, from the quiet beauty of Prince Edward Island to Vancouver's buzzing nightlife and top things to do in Toronto, alongside a wealth of practical tips including hotel and restaurant listings, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Canada is your ideal travel companion to this incredible country. With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that illuminate every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Canada truly shows you this city as no one else can.

Book Leonardo s Holy Child

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fred R Kline
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2016-05-10
  • ISBN : 1681771187
  • Pages : 477 pages

Download or read book Leonardo s Holy Child written by Fred R Kline and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fred Klineis a well-known art historian, dealer, connoisseur, and explorer who has made a career of scouring antique stores, estate sales, and auctions looking for unusual—and often misidentified—works of art. Many of the gems he has found are now in major museum collections like the Frick, the Getty, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. But this book is about the discovery of one piece in particular. . . About ten years ago, when Kline was routinely combing through a Christie's catalog, a beautiful little drawing caught his eye. Attributed to Carracci, it came with a very low estimate, but Kline's every instinct told him that the attribution was wrong. He placed a bid and the low asking price and bought the drawing outright. And that was the beginning of how Kline discovered Leonardo da Vinci's model drawing for the Infant Jesus and the Infant St. John. It is the first work by da Vinci to have surfaced in over a century. LEONARDO'S HOLY CHILD chronicles not only the story of this amazing discovery, from Kline's research all over the world to how exactly attributions work with regards to the old masters (most of their works are unsigned). Kline also sheds light on the idea of "connoisseurship," an often-overlooked facet of art history that's almost Holmesian in its intricacy and specificity.

Book Canada

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Ivory
  • Publisher : National Geographic Books
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9780792262015
  • Pages : 408 pages

Download or read book Canada written by Michael Ivory and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a comprehensive guide to Canada, featuring background information and descriptions of interesting sites; providing essays on the history, culture, and contemporary life of the country; and including maps, walking and driving tours, and advice for visitors on hotels, restaurants, shopping, and activities.

Book Museum Practice

Download or read book Museum Practice written by Conal McCarthy and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-11-19 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MUSEUM PR ACTICE Edited by CONAL MCCARTHY Museum Practice covers the professional work carried out in museums and art galleries of all types, including the core functions of management, collections, exhibitions, and programs. Some forms of museum practice are familiar to visitors, yet within these diverse and complex institutions many practices are hidden from view, such as creating marketing campaigns, curating and designing exhibitions, developing fundraising and sponsorship plans, crafting mission statements, handling repatriation claims, dealing with digital media, and more. Focused on what actually occurs in everyday museum work, this volume offers contributions from experienced professionals and academics that cover a wide range of subjects including policy frameworks, ethical guidelines, approaches to conservation, collection care and management, exhibition development and public programs. From internal processes such as leadership, governance and strategic planning, to public facing roles in interpretation, visitor research and community engagement and learning, each essential component of contemporary museum practice is thoroughly discussed.

Book The International Handbooks of Museum Studies  4 Volume Set

Download or read book The International Handbooks of Museum Studies 4 Volume Set written by Sharon Macdonald and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 2813 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Handbooks of Museum Studies is a multi-volume reference work that represents a state-of-the-art survey of the burgeoning field of museum studies. Featuring original essays by leading international museum experts and emerging scholars, readings cover all aspects of museum theory, practice, debates, and the impact of technologies. The four volumes in the series, divided thematically, offer in-depth treatment of all major issues relating to museum theory; historical and contemporary museum practice; mediations in art, design, and architecture; and the transformations and challenges confronting the museum. In addition to invaluable surveys of current scholarship, the entries include a rich and diverse panoply of examples and original case studies to illuminate the various perspectives. Unprecedented for its in-depth topic coverage and breadth of scholarship, the multi-volume International Handbooks of Museum Studies is an indispensable resource for the study of the development, roles, and significance of museums in contemporary society.