Download or read book For Folk s Sake written by Erin Morton and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folk art emerged in twentieth-century Nova Scotia not as an accident of history, but in tandem with cultural policy developments that shaped art institutions across the province between 1967 and 1997. For Folk’s Sake charts how woodcarvings and paintings by well-known and obscure self-taught makers - and their connection to handwork, local history, and place - fed the public’s nostalgia for a simpler past. The folk artists examined here range from the well-known self-taught painter Maud Lewis to the relatively anonymous woodcarvers Charles Atkinson, Ralph Boutilier, Collins Eisenhauer, and Clarence Mooers. These artists are connected by the ways in which their work fascinated those active in the contemporary Canadian art world at a time when modernism – and the art market that once sustained it – had reached a crisis. As folk art entered the public collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and the private collections of professors at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, it evolved under the direction of collectors and curators who sought it out according to a particular modernist aesthetic language. Morton engages national and transnational developments that helped to shape ideas about folk art to show how a conceptual category took material form. Generously illustrated, For Folk’s Sake interrogates the emotive pull of folk art and reconstructs the relationships that emerged between relatively impoverished self-taught artists, a new brand of middle-class collector, and academically trained professors and curators in Nova Scotia’s most important art institutions.
Download or read book Canadian Reference Sources written by Mary E. Bond and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 1102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In parallel columns of French and English, lists over 4,000 reference works and books on history and the humanities, breaking down the large divisions by subject, genre, type of document, and province or territory. Includes titles of national, provincial, territorial, or regional interest in every subject area when available. The entries describe the core focus of the book, its range of interest, scholarly paraphernalia, and any editions in the other Canadian language. The humanities headings are arts, language and linguistics, literature, performing arts, philosophy, and religion. Indexed by name, title, and French and English subject. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book The AGNS Permanent Collection written by Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and published by Halifax, N.S. : Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. This book was released on 2002 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book begins with an introduction charting the history of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia from its beginnings as a dispersed collection held under the name of the Nova Scotia Museum of Fine Arts to the present Gallery housed in a historic building. The main section presents photographs of 134 key works in the Gallery's collection along with essays about the art & artists. The works are arranged under the following categories: Canadian historical painting, contemporary art, First Nations & Inuit art, folk art, ceramics, historical prints & drawings, and international painting & sculpture. Includes index of artists.
Download or read book Art Et Architecture Au Canada written by Loren Ruth Lerner and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 1646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies and summarizes thousands of books, article, exhibition catalogues, government publications, and theses published in many countries and in several languages from the early nineteenth century to 1981.
Download or read book Welcome to Our World Contemporary Canadian Folk Art written by Susan M. Foshay and published by Kleinburg, Ont. : McMichael Canadian Art Collection. This book was released on 1996 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book An Exhibition of Canadian Gameboards of the 19th 20th Centuries from Ontario Quebec Nova Scotia written by Richard Henning Field and published by Halifax, N.S., Canada : The Gallery. This book was released on 1981 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Folk Art written by Gerard C. Wertkin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclopedia of American Folk Art web site. This is the first comprehensive, scholarly study of a most fascinating aspect of American history and culture. Generously illustrated with both black and white and full-color photos, this A-Z encyclopedia covers every aspect of American folk art, encompassing not only painting, but also sculpture, basketry, ceramics, quilts, furniture, toys, beadwork, and more, including both famous and lesser-known genres. Containing more than 600 articles, this unique reference considers individual artists, schools, artistic, ethnic, and religious traditions, and heroes who have inspired folk art. An incomparable resource for general readers, students, and specialists, it will become essential for anyone researching American art, culture, and social history.
Download or read book Exploring Nova Scotia written by Dale Dunlop and published by Formac Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-05-20 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nova Scotia is an attractive destination for travellers from all over the world. This book is the authoritative independent guide to the province's best attractions many of them well-known, but many little-known even to Nova Scotia residents. Along with the activity guide are reliable, independent recommendations for accommodations and dining throughout the province. Written with local knowledge, and entirely independent in its descriptions and recommendations, this book offers reliable and consistent advice and comment which is unavailable from any other source on the web or in book form. It is the key to enjoyable and exciting travel in Nova Scotia. This new edition includes a very wide range of activities, from sea kayaking to golf, from shopping trips to genealogy searches. Dale Dunlop and Alison Scott take the readers down every interesting back road in the province.
Download or read book Nova Scotia written by David Orkin and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2017-03-05 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new, thoroughly updated edition of Bradt’s Nova Scotia remains the most comprehensive guide available to this increasingly popular region of eastern Canada. New direct flights from the UK make visiting easier than ever before, helping to fuel the growth of tourist numbers to the many new distilleries and wineries, all of which are covered in this new edition. Virtually surrounded by the sea, the region boasts 4,600 miles of coastline, superb seafood, a rich folklore, quiet roads and a wealth of outdoor pursuits. Travelling here feels like going back to a time when life's pleasures were simpler: shopping at a Farmers’ Market or a roadside fruit stall, buying lobster fresh off the boat at the wharf, or photographing the lighthouse by the old fishing village. What’s more, it's not hard to get off the beaten track here.
Download or read book Canadian Book Review Annual written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Nova Scotia Folk Art written by Ray Cronin and published by . This book was released on 2024-04-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There may be many folk artists in Canada, but there is only one integrated folk art scene: the one in Nova Scotia. Classic folk art is the work of artists who did not think of themselves as artists, who made art that they never considered to be art at all. There were no festivals, no galleries, and no touring exhibitions when they started--just a sign by the side of the road, a painted house, or colourful sculptures in the yard to attract the attention of passers-by. Today in Nova Scotia, contemporary folk art has become a distinct style, one which stresses individual creativity over collective utility. The maker, and their stories, is central to the appeal. Written by former Art Gallery of Nova Scotia curator Ray Cronin, Nova Scotia Folk Art features profiles of fifty artists--some obscure and some well known--from the first, second, and third waves of folk art. The list includes Barry Colpitts, Laura Kenney, Ralph Boutilier, Craig Naugler, Joseph Norris, and Maud Lewis. With more than 150 colour images, this illustrated guide explores the exhibitions, collections, and festivals that allowed a group of Nova Scotia artists to move their creations from the roadside to the museum, and in so doing to create its own genre: Nova Scotia Folk Art.
Download or read book RILA International repertory of the literature of art written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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