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1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
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Preface: Provenance and Exhibition History; Acknowledgements; 1 WHO WAS JOAN MURRAY?; 2 CANADIAN ART HISTORY IS BORN; 3 O CANADA!; 4 CANADIAN ART HISTORY AS AN INSTITUTION; 5 MCMlCHAEL AND ME; 6 THE TASK OF THE CURATOR; 7 RITES OF PASSAGE; 8 THE MANY TREES OF THOMSON'S WEST WIND; 9 ABSTRACTION: VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET; 10 HAROLD TOWN; 11 THE JOURNEY OF ALEXANDRA LUKE; 12 EMPOWERMENT AND THE CANADIAN WOMAN ARTIST; 13 THE PRAIRIE GANG; 14 CANADIAN WORKING-CLASS ART; 15 CRITICISM RECONSIDERED; 16 WHAT IS TO BE DONE?; Index; List of Illustrated Works of Art; List of Figures |
| Summary |
In this witty and compelling defence of the art field itself, Joan Murray, one of the country's most outspoken art historians, discusses the great figures of Canadian art and the rise of our national are in institutions such as the Art Gallery of Ontario |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Art, Canadian
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Art museum curators -- Canada
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Art museums -- Canada
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Art -- Museums -- Canada
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ART -- Canadian.
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Art, Canadian
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Art museum curators
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Art museums
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Canada
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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e-books.
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Livres numériques.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781554881352 |
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1554881358 |
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9781459720411 |
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1459720415 |
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1281962414 |
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9781281962416 |
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9786611962418 |
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6611962417 |
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