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Lorenzo Grassi in ' Merica. Un umile eroe falmentino in Canada

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Costa, Elio and Gabriele Scardellato
Publisher
Verbania, Italy : Tarara' Edizioni Associazione Culturale
Call Number
01 Co81l
Author
Costa, Elio and Gabriele Scardellato
Responsibility
Elio Costa and Gabriele Scardellato
Publisher
Verbania, Italy : Tarara' Edizioni Associazione Culturale
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
167 pages : illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Mountaineering
History
Canada
Italy
Rocky Mountains
Abstract
Italian edition of "Lawrence Grassi : from Piedmont to the Rocky Mountains"
Contents
Nota Introduttiva
Prefazione
Premessa
Gli Inizi : Falmenta, La Val Cannobina, E L'Emigrazione
Caro Figlio Scrivimi : Quelli Lasciati Alle Spalle E Vita Nel North Shore
Lawrence Grassi Sulle Montagne
Il Tracciatore di Sentieri
Epilogo : Simbolo e Leggenda Delle Montagne Rocciose Canadesi
Alcune Lettere da Falmenta
Ringraziamenti
ISBN
978-88-97795-35-3
Accession Number
2019.22
Call Number
01 Co81l
Collection
Archives Library
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The book of lists : revised and updated and even more Canadian

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19778
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Basen, Ira (editor), Jane Farrow (editor), David Wallenchinsky (editor), Amy Wallace (editor)
Publisher
Canada : Penguin Random House, Knopf Canada
Call Number
08.1 Ba29t
Author
Basen, Ira (editor), Jane Farrow (editor), David Wallenchinsky (editor), Amy Wallace (editor)
Responsibility
edited by Ira Basen, Jane Farrow, David Wallenchinksy, Amy Wallace
Publisher
Canada : Penguin Random House, Knopf Canada
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
482 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canada
History
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
Harris, Lawren
Riggall Bert
Pack trips
Abstract
Pertains to Wilf Carter and his time with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Lawren Harris's paintings and their prices sold at auction, "Grub List" by Bert and Dora Riggall dated 1917
Contents
Introduction and Acknowledgements
People
The Screen
The Arts
Music
Food and Health
Animals
Work and Money
Sex, Love and Marriage
Crime and Justice
Politics and World Affairs
Places
Literature and Words
Sports
Death
Miscellaneous
Credits
Index
ISBN
978-0-7352-7306-1
Accession Number
2019.23
Call Number
08.1 Ba29t
Collection
Archives Library
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Canadians and the natural environment to the twenty-first century

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2012
Author
Forkey, Neil Stevens
Publisher
Toronto : University of Toronto Press
Call Number
08.1 Fo74c
Author
Forkey, Neil Stevens
Responsibility
Neil Stevens Forkey
Publisher
Toronto : University of Toronto Press
Published Date
2012
Physical Description
157 pages ; 22 cm.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Nature
Canada
History
History-Canada
Canadian Rockies
Alpine Club of Canada
Group of Seven
Harris, Lawren
Parker, Elizabeth
National parks
Canadian Pacific Railway
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
Abstract
"Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an ideal foundation for undergraduates and general readers on the history of Canada's complex environmental issues. Through clear, easy-to-understand case studies, Neil Forkey integrates the ongoing interplay of humans and the natural world into national, continental, and global contexts. Forkey's engaging survey addresses significant episodes from across the country over the past four hundred years: the classification of Canada's environments by its earliest inhabitants, the relationship between science and sentiment in the Victorian era, the shift towards conservation and preservation of resources in the early twentieth century, and the rise of environmentalism and issues involving First Nations at the end of the century. Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an accessible synthesis of the most important recent work in the field, making it a truly state-of-the-art contribution to Canadian environmental history."--Publisher's website.
Contents
Introduction -- The classification of Canada's environments (1600s to early 1900s) -- Natural resources, economic growth, and the need for conservation (1800s and 1900s) -- Romanticism and the preservation of nature (1800s and 1900s) -- Environmentalism (1950s to 2000s) -- Aboriginal Canadians and natural resources : an overview -- Conclusion.
ISBN
978-0-8020-9022-5
Accession Number
p2019-18
Call Number
08.1 Fo74c
Collection
Archives Library
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Julia : a biography of Julia W. Henshaw

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Kluckner, Michael
Publisher
[Vancouver, British Columbia] : Midtown Press
Call Number
08.3 Kl66j
Author
Kluckner, Michael
Responsibility
Michael Kluckner
Publisher
[Vancouver, British Columbia] : Midtown Press
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
131 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Henshaw, Julia W.
Women
Authors
Biography
Botany
World War, 1914-1918
Canada
Abstract
"A novelist, journalist, socialite, botanist, explorer, and World War I ambulance driver, Julia Henshaw was a unique and colourful personality. This graphic biography follows her extraordinary life from Montreal to Vancouver, from the Rocky Mountains to England, and from the mining towns of BC's Kootenays to the battlefields of France and Belgium. Her strongly expressed views of women's roles and voting rights, of racial and class issues, and of Canada's relationship to Great Britain and the USA are an illuminating contrast with the values of her contemporaries, and with society today."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Prelude
Mrs. Charles Henshaw
Julian Durham
Julia W. Henshaw
Gwen
Captain Julia Henshaw
"Gentle Julia"
Afterword
Key players
Supplementary notes
Bibliography
Index
Notes
Graphic novel with mention of Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Signed copy.
ISBN
978-1-988242-20-0
Accession Number
p2019-25
Call Number
08.3 Kl66j
Collection
Archives Library
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Dining with Canadian Railways : Volume I - Canadian Pacific chinaware

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19845
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Smith, Will
Publisher
[Nanaimo, British Columbia], Canada : David William (Will) Smith and Ralph Beaumont
Call Number
08.5 Sm5d
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Author
Smith, Will
Responsibility
Will Smith
Publisher
[Nanaimo, British Columbia], Canada : David William (Will) Smith and Ralph Beaumont
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
[248 pages] : illustrations (some colour), map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
Restaurants
Travel
Canada
Industry
History
History-Canada
Hotels
Abstract
Pertains to the chinaware used by the Canadian Pacific Railway on affiliated trains, steamships, hotels, restaurants, airlines with focus on history and specific patterns used on ceramics
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Scope and arrangement of book
Chapter 2 - Research sources
Chapter 3 - Railway
Chapter 4 - Steamships
Chapter 5 - Hotels, resorts and restaurants
Chapter 6 - Airline
Chapter 7 - The evolution of CPR's chinaware logos
Chapter 8 - The scope of chinaware and its movement withing CPR's operations
Chapter 9 - Where did al that chinaware go?
Chapter 10 - Souvenir chinaware
Chapter 11 - Fakes and reproductions
Chapter 12 - Market value
Chapter 13 - Interpreting the individual pattern listing
Chapter 14 - Railway, steamship, hotel and restaurant patterns
Chapter 15 - Affiliated Dominion Atlantic & Quebec Central patterns
Chapter 16 - Airline patterns
Appendix A - Manufacturers and their abbreviation codes
Appendix B - Patterns by manufacturer
Appendix C - Patterns by decade of introduction
Appendix D - Patterns by CPR operations
Appendix E - Hotels, resorts, bungalow camps and rest/tea houses by province
Appendix F - Railway station restaurants by province: 1892, 1907, 1920 & 1956
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index
ISBN
9781999382100
Accession Number
2019.27
Call Number
08.5 Sm5d
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Credit Valley Railway Company Ltd. distributes publication
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Arctic Eden : journeys through the changing high Arctic

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14440
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2010
Author
Kobalenko, Jerry
Publisher
Vancouver : Greystone Books
Call Number
02.5 K79a
Author
Kobalenko, Jerry
Responsibility
Jerry Kobalenko
Publisher
Vancouver : Greystone Books
Published Date
2010
Physical Description
191 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Arctic
Canada
Notes
Includes index.
"David Suzuki Foundation"
ISBN
9781553654421
Accession Number
P2015-03-31
Call Number
02.5 K79a
Collection
Archives Library
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Reel time : movie exhibitors and movie audiences in prairie Canada, 1896 to 1986

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14572
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2013
Author
Seiler, Robert M.
Publisher
Edmonton : AU Press
Call Number
06.3 Se4r
Author
Seiler, Robert M.
Responsibility
by Robert M. Seiler and Tamara P. Seiler
Publisher
Edmonton : AU Press
Published Date
2013
Physical Description
381 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alaska
Canada
Film making
Films
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN
9781926836997
Accession Number
P2015-09-10
Call Number
06.3 Se4r
Collection
Archives Library
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The Canadian oral history reader

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2015
Author
Llewellyn, Kristina R.
Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press,
Call Number
08.2 L77c
Author
Llewellyn, Kristina R.
Responsibility
edited by Kristina R. Llewellyn, Alexander Freund, and Nolan Reilly
Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press,
Published Date
2015
Physical Description
388 pages ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Carleton library series ; 231
Subjects
Canada
Indians
First Nations
Japanese
Museums
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index
Partial contents: 1. Methodology for recording oral histories in the aboriginal community -- 8. Oral history, narrative strategies, and Native American historiography -- 13. Narrative wisps if the Ochekiwi Sipi past : a journey in rocovering collective memories -- 14. I can hear Lois now : corrections to my story of the internment of Japanese Canadians
ISBN
9780773544963
Accession Number
P2015-09-10
Call Number
08.2 L77c
Collection
Archives Library
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Impressionism in Canada : a journey of rediscovery

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2015
Author
Prakash, A.K
Publisher
Stuttgart : Arnoldsche Art Publishers
Call Number
06.1 P89i
Author
Prakash, A.K
Responsibility
; [foreword: Guy Wildenstein ; introduction: William H. Gerdts ; editor: Rosemary Shipton]
Publisher
Stuttgart : Arnoldsche Art Publishers
Published Date
2015
Physical Description
xxv, 775 pages (5 folded) : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 30 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Artists
Canada
Impressionism (Art)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contains: The origins of Impressionism in France -- Impressionist art comes to North America -- The Canadian Impressionist painters
ISBN
9783897904279
Accession Number
2015.8517
Call Number
06.1 P89i
Collection
Archives Library
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Artists, architects & artisans : Canadian art 1890-1918

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14599
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2013
Publisher
Ottawa : National Gallery of Canada
Call Number
06 Ar8a
Responsibility
general editor, Charles C. Hill ; with essays by Christine Boyanoski, Andrea Kunard, Laurier Lacroix, Rosalind Pepall, Bruce Russell, Geoffrey SimminsCanadian art 1890-1918
Publisher
Ottawa : National Gallery of Canada
Published Date
2013
Physical Description
339 pages : colour illustrations ; 31 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Architecture
Art
Artists
Artists books
Canada
Mawson, Thomas
Photographers
Notes
Exhibition catalogue
Issued also in French under title: Artistes, architectes & artisans, l'art canadien 1890-1918
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Artists, Architects and Artisans: Canadian Art 1890-1918, organized by the National Gallery of Canada and presented in Ottawa from 8 November 2013 to 2 February 2014"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references and an index
Introduction / Charles C. Hill -- The pursuit of art and the flourishing of aestheticism amidst the everyday affairs of mankind / Laurier Lacroix -- Arts and crafts traditions in the Canadian domestic interior / Rosalind Pepall -- Artists, architects and artisans at home / Christine Boyanoski -- Art's 'renewed nearness to life': reflections on the unity of the arts in Canada / Geoffrey Simmins -- Ecclesiastical patronage in Canada: from the Gothic Revival to the arts and crafts movement / Bruce Russell -- For an integration of the arts / Charles C. Hill -- A harmony of the arts: the diverse expressions of pictorialism / Andrea Kunard -- Competing visions for redesigning the Canadian city: architecture, urban planning, and landscape architecture, 1893-1918 / Geoffrey Simmins
ISBN
9780888849151
Accession Number
2015.8517
Call Number
06 Ar8a
Collection
Archives Library
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2012
Author
Pogue, Carolyn
Publisher
Toronto : Sumach Press
Call Number
05.2 P75w
Author
Pogue, Carolyn
Responsibility
Carolyn Pogue
Publisher
Toronto : Sumach Press
Published Date
2012
Physical Description
154 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Blackfoot
Calgary
Canada
Cree
England
Immigration
Notes
Cover title: Gwen in West wind calling
Sequel to: Gwen
"Illustrations: Ben Craft"--Title page verso
ISBN
9780986638879
Accession Number
2015.8544
Call Number
05.2 P75w
Collection
Archives Library
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Breaking trail : Chic Scott's story

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Croston, Joanna
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
01.4 Sco3b Pam 01.4 Sco3b Pam c.2 01.4 Sco3b Pam c.3
Author
Croston, Joanna
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
40 pages, illustrations [colour]
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canada
Mountaineering
Rock climbing
Skiing
Notes
Copies two and three are signed by Chic Scott
ISBN
9780920330654
Accession Number
2017.8637
Call Number
01.4 Sco3b Pam 01.4 Sco3b Pam c.2 01.4 Sco3b Pam c.3
Collection
Archives Library
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The story of the Blackfoot people: Niitsitapiisinni

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15275
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2013
Publisher
Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books
Call Number
07.2 B56s
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Responsibility
The Blackfoot Gallery Committee, Glenbow Museum
Publisher
Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books
Published Date
2013
Physical Description
104 pages, illustrations (colour), maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canada
First Nations
Glenbow Museum
Oral History
Siksika
United States
ISBN
9781779851818
Accession Number
P2016 - 73,000 - 03
Call Number
07.2 B56s
Collection
Archives Library
Images
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Moonrise over Haida Gwaii

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15461
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Alexander, Keith
Publisher
Victoria, BC : Printorium Book Works
Call Number
02 M71al
Author
Alexander, Keith
Publisher
Victoria, BC : Printorium Book Works
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
xi, 188p : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Canada
Banff
Arctic
Europe
Haida Gwaii
ISBN
9780995331808
Accession Number
2017.8674
Call Number
02 M71al
Collection
Archives Library
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Narrative of a voyage to the northwest coast of America in the years 1811 [- 1814]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1035
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1854
Author
Franchere, Gabriel
Publisher
New York : Redfield
Call Number
F880 F37 1854
Author
Franchere, Gabriel
Publisher
New York : Redfield
Published Date
1854
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canada
Notes
Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
Call Number
F880 F37 1854
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Stone mountains : North America's best crags

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14910
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2010
Author
Thornburg, Jim
Publisher
Potlicker Press
Call Number
TR T46 Oversize I
Author
Thornburg, Jim
Publisher
Potlicker Press
Published Date
2010
Physical Description
320 pages, col. ill.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Rock climbing
Photography
United States
Canada
Yosemite Valley
Squamish, British Columbia
Accession Number
AC610
Call Number
TR T46 Oversize I
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Breaking trail : Chic Scott's story

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15199
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Croston, Joanna
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
G512 S36 B74 Pam
Author
Croston, Joanna
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
40 pages, illustrations [colour]
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canada
Mountaineering
Rock climbing
Skiing
ISBN
9780920330654
Accession Number
AC631
Call Number
G512 S36 B74 Pam
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Breaking trail : Chic Scott's story

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20168
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Croston, Joanna
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
G512 S36 B74 Pam copy 2 (reference room)
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Author
Croston, Joanna
Responsibility
Joanna Croston
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
40 pages, illustrations [colour]
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Summit Series #22
Subjects
Canada
Mountaineering
Rock climbing
Skiing
Abstract
Chic Scott is a man of unconventional firsts. The first Canadian to summit a Himalayan peak, the first Canadian to guide in the European Alps, and he was part of the first team to climb Mount Assiniboine in winter. He is also a local mentor, historian and ski pioneer who has spent his whole life touching the lives of all those who call the Rockies home. Chic is perhaps known best for the ambitious grand ski traverses he achieved; in essence he has broken the trail for an entire generation of adventure skiers who follow. His writing and books have reached mountain communities further afield, spreading the rich history of Canadian mountaineering to outdoor enthusiasts across Canada and around the globe. This booklet celebrates the life of Chic Scott with his most memorable contributions to mountain life and tales told by his close friends. (from Alpine Club of Canada website)
Contents
A Man of Many Firsts
Early Years
The Grand Ski Traverse
The Alps
Bigger, Higher, Colder
The Stars Align
Love Affari with the Yukon
The Alpine Club of Canada
The Calgary Climbers Festival
Legacy
On the World Stage
Golden Years in Banff
References & Bibliography
Notes
Signed by Chic Scott - addressed to Margaret Gmoser
ISBN
9780920330654
Accession Number
AC637
Call Number
G512 S36 B74 Pam copy 2 (reference room)
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
URL Notes
Link to Alpine Club of Canada's website re: Summit Series
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The backwoods of Canada : being the letters from the wife of an emigrant officer...

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3615
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1849
Author
Traill, Catherine Parr
Call Number
02.3 T68
Author
Traill, Catherine Parr
Published Date
1849
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canada
Call Number
02.3 T68
Collection
Archives Library
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Photography in Canada 1960-2000

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24959
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Canadian Photography Institute
Publisher
Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Photography Insitute : National Gallery of Canada
Call Number
06.4 C16ph
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Author
Canadian Photography Institute
Responsibility
Andrea Kunard
National Gallery of Canada
Publisher
Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Photography Insitute : National Gallery of Canada
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
175 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canada
Canada - After 1914
Canadian art
Photography
Exhibition catalogue
Exhibitions
Collection
Abstract
This fifth and final volume in the series dedicated to the National Gallery of Canada's immense photography collection documents the emergence of the medium as a recognized artistic discipline in Canada. The creation and growth of this unique collection reflects the enormous development in the practice, collection and display of photography over the latter half of the 20th century. Prior to this time, government institutions, commercial establishments and the legal, medical and journalism professions prized it for its documentary value. As a result, photographs rarely entered the collections of major institutions. This changed in the 1960s when art became more vigorous and dynamic. Photography especially articulated probing, contentious ideas of art, the artist, identity, sexuality and community. Art institutions, themselves undergoing radical transformation, acted as an interface between artist and public, and attempted to articulate movements and trends in art and photography. With dozens of full-page plates each accompanied by an individual abstract, the publication offers a scholarly essay providing artistic, cultural and historical context. Artists featured include those at the forefront of the changes in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as more contemporary figures who continue to push at the limits of the definition of the medium. They include Roy Arden, Raymonde April, Ed Burtnysky, Carol Conde´ and Karl Beveridge, Evergon, General Idea, Rodney Graham, Angela Grauerholz, Geoffrey James, Suzy Lake, Ken Lum, Gabor Szilasi, N.E. Thing Co, Ian Wallace and Jin-me Yoon.
Contents
Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Photography in Canada, 1960-2000: a selection from the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography and National Gallery of Canada Collections -- Catalogue -- Note.
Notes
Features photographs by Jin-me Yoon taken in Banff National Park
Features photographs by Edward Burtynsky - Whyte Museum has Burtynsky's in art collection
ISBN
9780888849489
Accession Number
2019.95
Call Number
06.4 C16ph
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
National Gallery of Canada website for publication
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