Architectural practice in post-World War II Canada brought substantial change to the face of the Canadian built environment, led by the contribution of John C. Parkin. As senior partner at the Toronto-based architectural firm John B....
Art and architecture
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Author:Fraser, Linda, McMordie, Michael, Simmins, GeoffreySummary: - Author:Goddard, JohnSummary:
Inside Hamilton’s Museums helps to satisfy a growing curiosity about Canada’s steel capital as it evolves into a post-industrial city and cultural destination. In this special excerpt we visit Burlington's Joseph Brant Museum,...
- Author:Kastner, VictoriaSummary:
This biography draws on interviews, letters, and Morgan's diaries, including never-before-seen reflections on faith, art, and her life experiences. Morgan's friendship with Hearst, her passion for California's landscape,...
- Author:Garfield, SimonSummary:
Fonts surround us every day, on street signs and buildings, on movie posters and books, and on just about every product that we buy. But where do they come from, and why do we need so many? Who is responsible for the staid practicality...
- Author:Shaver, Ruth M.Summary:
The attire of the feudal lords and ladies of old Japan, warriors, priest, courtesans, Edo-period dandies geisha, footmen, farmers-in fact, the whole array of Kabuki's colorful characters-is discussed in fascinating detail in this...
- Author:Stabler, DavidSummary:
Every great artist started out as a kid. Forget the awards, the sold-out museum exhibitions, and the timeless masterpieces. When the world's most celebrated artists were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Jackson...
- Author:Gaboury, Étienne, Therrien, JohanneSummary:
Le beau-livre La Cathédrale de Saint-Boniface retrace l'histoire des six églises et cathédrales de Saint-Boniface au Manitoba depuis la fondation de la mission en 1818. Les photos contemporaines du photographe primé, Michel...
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In contemporary Western society, urban development is regarded as an unfortunate blight from which nature provides a much-needed respite. This apparent dichotomy ignores the interdependence between human settlement and the natural world...
- Author:Yi, EstherSummary:
As any historian or casual observer of urban transformation might tell you, walls are not everlasting. The following collection examines different ways monuments and notions of monumentality in art and architecture exist in relation to...
- Author:Scoones, AnnySummary:
A vividly wrought memoir, Last Dance in Shediac is a collection of the author’s personal memories of her mother—celebrated Canadian artist Molly Lamb Bobak—and a tender meditation on life and death. Molly Lamb Bobak (1922–2014) was the...
- Author:Baker, Peter E., Dionne, Jacqueline, Benoit, Jocelyne, Fleming, John A.Summary:
Une visite guidée montrant comment l’Histoire peut transformer une maison ordinaire en un chez-soi unique, ainsi qu’un rappel de la force de caractère et de l’ingéniosité qui ont façonné notre pays. Inspiré par le 150e anniversaire de...
- Author:Émond, Anne-MarieSummary:
Un aperçu des différentes recherches en muséologie des dernières années.
- Author:Thomin, Jean PaulSummary:
Livre enrichi. Des musées il y en a de toutes les formes mais le Musée invisible est de loin le plus original. Et pour sa première exposition, le Musée invisible pose un regard neuf sur l'œuvre de la Nuit en tant qu'...
- Author:Guitard, MichelleSummary:
In Gatineau, the Quartier du Musée heritage neighbourhood regularly makes the news as it has been earmarked for large-scale development that would modernize the downtown area. Discover the 65 early-20th century buildings and their...
- Author:Burgess, Joanne, Linteau, Paul-AndréSummary:
Le Vieux-Montréal est depuis longtemps un espace connu et reconnu, aussi bien pour les Montréalais que pour les visiteurs de l’extérieur. Faudrait-il en changer l’identité ? Que penser du projet de créer, à Montréal, un Quartier de l’...
- Author:Hryniuk, Margaret, Korvemaker, FrankSummary:
A spectacular coffee-table book featuring the images and stories of some of Saskatchewan’s most impressive stone buildings, along with historical notes on some of the builders who made them. In words and stunning colour pictures, this...
- Author:Denhez, Marc, Dennis, StephenSummary:
How do governments design their strategy for heritage property? What do they try to accomplish in their laws and their tax systems to favour the re-use of older buildings, districts, and cities? What institutional framework can assist...
- Author:Isaacson, WalterSummary:
Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson "deftly reveals an intimate Leonardo" (San Francisco Chronicle) in a narrative that...
- Author:Johnston, Sheila M.F.Summary:
"A fascinating history of a wonderful old theatre." - Hume Cronyn In September of 1901 London's New Grand Opera House flung open its doors. Boasting a beautiful interior design, and with the most modern stage equipment...
- Author:Alkayat, ZenaSummary:
Step into the world of one of history's most celebrated artists and feminist icons: Frida Kahlo. This beautifully illustrated biography is full of colorful details that illuminate the woman behind the artwork, including excerpts...
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