The writings which comprise my memoirs were-started over twenty years .ago when I was still painting. Verse can express, emotions of love, joy and ...

Laurits Tuxen (1853-1927) was a phenomenally talented artist, and thanks to his skill for both painting and diplomacy, he would establish himself a...

The University of Alberta Libraries houses one of the most outstanding collections of Austrian, Habsburg and Central European materials in North Am...

Maria, the potter of San Ildefonso (1887-1981), is not only the most famous of Pueblo Indian potters but ranks among the best of international pott...

This lavish, hand-painted artist volume comes to light for the first time since it was created by Deborah Passmore Gillingham (b. ? - 1877) in the ...

Peek into the most personal clothing in a woman's boudoir-the undergarments designed to shape, conceal, enhance, and reveal the body to create a si...

This volume contains a collection of essays in honour of the late Professor of Comparative Literature, C Clifford Flanigan, who died suddenly in 19...

You may ask yourself, "Do I really need another book about Louis Icart?" The answer is a resounding "Yes!" This is the first and only book devoted ...

Winner, Best Atlantic Published Book AwardShortlisted, New Brunswick Book Award for Non-FictionWriting early in 1962, Lucy Jarvis said she felt "ju...

Luis Eligio Tapia is one of the leading contemporary Hispanic artists in the United States. Tapia's keen interpretations of modern culture and dail...

This catalogue showcases some of the treasures of the University of Alberta's Map and Special Collections, as well as other U of A Libraries, parti...

This catalogue showcases some of the treasures of the University of Alberta's Map and Special Collections, as well as other U of A Libraries, parti...

Meaning "provided with marginal annotations," marginated neatly describes the items featured in this extensively researched catalogue. From present...

"... I was able to make a simple gesture which left no permanent mark on the land."In 1979 Marlene Creates signaled her intent. In contrast to the ...

... j’ai pu intervenir simplement, sans laisser de traces durables sur le terrain. Jeune encore, l’artiste Marlene Creates signalait déjà en 1979 s...

"The light in Pratt's paintings seems sentient, a living thing, a pulsation or emission, imbuing the paintings with an erotic and almost mystical d...

A fresh look at what is going on in the world of Atlantic Canadian art.Materiality and Perception in Contemporary Atlantic Art showcases over forty...

From black cats to iconic snowscapes, Maud Lewis paints our waking dreams.One of Canada's most beloved folk artists, Maud Lewis was famous in her l...

A fast-paced romp through the history of western painting with one of New Zealand’s best-known painters. Throughout his long career, New Zealand pa...

One of Canada's most evocative modern painters, Cree artist Dale Auger was a gifted interpreter of First Nations culture, using the cross-cultural ...

The Mexican Revolution of 1910 erupted with its century, the first great social movement of the era. When the dust had settled, it was the artists ...

Mickalene Thomas's vivid paintings, collages, and photographs explode off the wall. Their larger-than-life women stare back and down at the viewer,...

Miller Gore Brittain (1912-1968) had an unerring sense of structure and composition. In the early 1930s, at the Art Students' League in New York, h...

Dans Miller Brittain : Quand les étoiles jetèrent leurs lances, Tom Smart démontre pour la première fois la cohésion de l'imagerie de Brittain et l...

This is a provocative and novel investigation of the psyches of sixty artists, predominantly from the world of film, theatre and television/radio -...

A century of landscape art inspired by the Mount Assiniboine area of the Canadian Rockies from 1899 to 2006. Jane Lytton Gooch's Mount Assiniboine:...

When Jane Gooch first camped at Lake O'Hara in 1975, she could not have foreseen how important the Rockies would become in her life. She travelled ...

Jim Cromartie first came to Nantucket as a college student, but for the past 35 years he has called the island home. As a young artist, his major p...

This beautiful volume illustrates hundreds of nautical treasures, items related to lives of seamen in past generations. Included are a variety of s...

This is a collection of autobiographical essays by Paul J Stankard, recognised widely as one of the world's master glass artists. Stankard is parti...

Text in English, German & Spanish. Octavio Ocampo is one of Mexico‘s most prolific artists. Octavio was born on 28 February 1943 in Celaya, Gua...

This book conveys the artistic genius of T C Cannon (1946–1978) through his best and most iconic paintings and essays that offer a fresh and inclus...

The work of over seventy Native artists who create miniature silver seed pots is presented in this publication featuring over 240 examples from the...

Sybil Andrews was one of Canada’s most prominent artists working throughout the late twentieth century. From a cottage by the sea in Campbell River...

This book explores American landscape painting today, its relevance in the contemporary art world, and its historic roots. This volume profiles six...

Art lovers and outdoor enthusiasts alike will be captivated by this stunning, full-colour biography that celebrates and showcases the life and work...

During the 1950s and early 1960s the Sydney-based trance-artist and Pan-worshipper, Rosaleen Norton, was well known in Australia as ‘the Witch of K...

In May 2006 some fifteen artists from New Zealand took over the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge (UK) as part of Pasifika Styles...

Passion. Reason. Opposites attract.It is no secret that Tom Thomson (1877-1917) and Joyce Wieland (1930-1998) never met. Their art could not be fur...

Moving through five historic periods, this book weaves the colourful story of New Mexico's book artists and their dedication to a timeless craft. P...

Text in German. The title of Paul Wegener's film Hans Trutz im Schlaraffenland, dating from 1917, alludes to Pieter Bruegel's well-known picture Co...

The search for physical perfection began with the Greeks, who first competed nude in athletic games in the 8th century BCE and created their gods i...