Defiant Spirits

Author : Ross King
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 1553658078

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Defiant Spirits by Ross King Pdf

Beginning in 1912, Defiant Spirits traces the artistic development of Tom Thomson and the future members of the Group of Seven, Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Franz Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley, over a dozen years in Canadian history. Working in an eclectic and sometimes controversial blend of modernist styles, they produced what an English critic celebrated in the 1920s as the “most vital group of paintings” of the 20th century. Inspired by Cézanne, Van Gogh and other modernist artists, they tried to interpret the Ontario landscape in light of the strategies of the international avant-garde. Based after 1914 in the purpose-built Studio Building for Canadian Art, the young artists embarked on what Lawren Harris called “an all-engrossing adventure”: travelling north into the anadian Shield and forging a style of painting appropriate to what they regarded as the unique features of Canada’s northern landscape. Rigorously researched and drawn from archival documents and letters, Defiant Spirits constitutes a “group biography,” reconstructing the men’s aspirations, frustrations and achievements. It details not only the lives of Tom Thomson and the members of the Group of Seven but also the political and social history of Canada

Author : Rev. Dr. Sanneth Brown
Publisher : LifeRich Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781489721075

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Now Is the Time for Discernment by Rev. Dr. Sanneth Brown Pdf

Life is a spiritual test, and we need a spirit of discernment to be victorious. While we are all different and have different needs, the sovereign God of the universe will meet all our needs individually and help us increase our spirit of discernment and soar to heights unknown Now Is the Time for Discernment is designed to challenge you to grow in the supernatural ways of God and provide people of all ages and walks of life the cutting-edge thinking and practical advice with supernatural empowerment that they need to face life’s daily challenges. It will also take their lives to the next level. This book prepares individuals to lean not on their understanding but the Holy Ghost for full direction for their lives. They will learn to advance the kingdom of God through the spirit of discernment. This book is filled with prophetic revelations that are for now and years to come. It has God’s divine grace, love, peace, laughter, healing, deliverance, freedom, courage, unmerited favour, and bright hope to all nations of this world. From beginning to the end, it is breathtaking, seasoned, powerful, adventurous, relevant, action-packed, brilliant, charismatic, humorous, captivating, comfortable, deep, educational, elite, real, and easy. The Holy Spirit is the divine Comforter among all comforters.

Author : Phyllis Marie Jensen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781317518860

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Artist Emily Carr and the Spirit of the Land by Phyllis Marie Jensen Pdf

Emily Carr, often called Canada’s Van Gogh, was a post-impressionist explorer, artist and writer. In Artist Emily Carr and the Spirit of the Land Phyllis Marie Jensen draws on analytical psychology and the theories of feminism and social constructionism for insights into Carr’s life in the late Victorian period and early twentieth century. Presented in two parts, the book introduces Carr’s émigré English family and childhood on the "edge of nowhere" and her art education in San Francisco, London and Paris. Travels in the wilderness introduced her to the totem art of the Pacific Northwest coast at a time Aboriginal art was undervalued and believed to be disappearing. Carr vowed to document it before turning to spirited landscapes of forest, sea and sky. The second part of the book presents a Jungian portrait of Carr, including typology, psychological complexes, and archetypal features of personality. An examination the individuation process and Carr’s embracement of transcendental philosophy reveals the richness of her personality and artistic genius. Artist Emily Carr and the Spirit of the Land provides captivating reading for analytical psychologists, academics and students of Jungian studies, art history, health, gender and women’s studies.

Author : Dale M. Bauer,Philip Gould
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001-11-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521669758

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The Cambridge Companion to Nineteenth-Century American Women's Writing by Dale M. Bauer,Philip Gould Pdf

A 2001 Companion providing an overview of the history of writing by women in nineteenth-century America.

Author : Daniel Dorchester
Publisher : New York : Phillips & Hunt
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Alcoholism
ISBN : HARVARD:HC5456

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The Liquor Problem in All Ages by Daniel Dorchester Pdf

Author : Peter Franklin
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781466913141

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The Answer to Nearly Everything by Peter Franklin Pdf

The only information we have on Atlantis is from a very ancient Egyptian account that describes it as bigger than all their neighbours combined. Why is this fact ignored by most of the fanciful theories? From Atlantis to our current scientific predictions, the truth about so many things becomes clear and obvious only if all the facts are collected and examined, yet many people just select those that agree with their thinking. The resulting conflict between experience and belief, truth and distortion or good and bad, is only resolved when science, philosophy and theology are harmonized and examined as aspects of one universal truth.

Author : Shou-ren Wang
Publisher : Springer
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1989-11-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781349203888

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The Theatre of the Mind by Shou-ren Wang Pdf

Author : Alan Bowker
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459735613

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Alan Bowker's Canadian Heritage 2-Book Bundle by Alan Bowker Pdf

In this two-book bundle, Alan Bowker sheds new light on two subjects with a surprising connection: the great Canadian writer Stephen Leacock and the rise of Canada on the world stage, which Leacock profiled with keen wit and observational skill. With Bowker as your guide, explore what it was really like to live through the great upheaval that pushed Canada to come into its own on the world stage. A Time Such as There Never Was Before Ottawa Book Award 2015 — Shortlisted The years after World War I were among the most tumultuous in Canadian history: a period of unremitting change, drama, and conflict. They were, in the words of Stephen Leacock, “a time such as there never was before.” The war had been a great crusade, and its end was supposed to bring a world made new. But the conflict had cost sixty thousand Canadian lives, with many more wounded, and had stirred up divisions in the young, diverse country. With Canada struggling to define itself, labour, farmers, business, the church, social reformers, and minorities all held extravagant hopes, irrational fears, and contradictory demands. Whose hopes would be realized, and whose dreams would end in disillusionment? Which changes would prove permanent and which would be transitory? A Time Such As There Never Was Before describes how this exciting period laid the foundation of the Canada we know today. On the Front Line of Life In the last decade of his life, Stephen Leacock turned to writing informal essays that blended humour with a conversational style and ripened wisdom to address issues he cared about most — education, literature, economics, Canada and its place in the world — and to confront the joys and sorrows of his own life. With an introduction that sets them in the context of his life, thoughts and times, these essays reveal a passionate, intelligent, personal Leacock, against a backdrop of Depression and war, finding hope and conveying the timeless message that only the human spirit can bring social justice, peace, and progress.

Author : Marc Swift
Publisher : Made For Success Publishing
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781613398784

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From Alzheimer's With Love by Marc Swift Pdf

MARC SWIFT, author, speaker, father, is no stranger to pain having suffered the loss of his son. Marc was a successful small business entrepreneur in Tulsa, Oklahoma prior to becoming a writer. He moved to Florida to help his mother care for his father who had Alzheimer’s Disease. From Alzheimer’s With Love is the result of this remarkable journey in the pursuit of healing his father through the grace of Jesus. He studied Art, French, and Literature in England and Film at Brown University. Raised in Paris, France, Marc currently resides in Oviedo, Florida.

Author : Eric Fillion
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780228015130

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Distant Stage by Eric Fillion Pdf

It is a little-known fact that the first cultural agreement Canada signed was with Brazil in 1944. The two countries’ rapprochement launched a flurry of activity connecting Montreal to Rio de Janeiro amid the turbulence of war and its aftermath. Why Brazil? And what could songs and paintings achieve that traditional diplomacy could not? Distant Stage examines the neglected histories of Canada-Brazil relations and the role played by culture in Canada’s pursuit of an international identity. The efforts of French-Canadian artists, intellectuals, and diplomats are at the heart of both. Eric Fillion demonstrates how music and the visual arts gave state and non-state actors new connections to the idea of nation, which in turn informed their sense of place in the world. Tracing the origins of Canadian cultural diplomacy to South America, the book underscores the significance of race and religion in the country’s international history, showing how Brazil served as a distant stage where Canadian identity politics and aspirations could play out. Both a timely invitation to think about cultural diplomacy as a critical practice and a reflection on the interplay between internationalism and nationalism, Distant Stage draws attention to the ambiguous yet essential roles played by artists in international and intercultural relations.

Author : Douglas Hunter
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780228012931

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Jackson's Wars by Douglas Hunter Pdf

A captivating account of the formative years of one of Canada’s best-known artists, Jackson’s Wars follows A.Y. Jackson’s education and progress as a painter before he was a well-known artist and his time on the battlefield in Europe, before he cast his lot in with a group of like-minded Toronto artists. Jackson fought many battles: he was a feisty and opinionated combatant when he crossed swords with critics, collectors, museums, galleries, and fellow painters as an emerging artist. Moving from Montreal to Toronto in 1913, he became a key figure in a landscape movement that was determined to depict Canada in a bold new way, only to have a war dash the group's collective ambitions. Alone among his close associates, Jackson enlisted to fight with the 60th Infantry Battalion. Wounded at Sanctuary Wood in 1916, he returned to the field of combat as an official war artist – the first Canadian artist appointed, the only infantryman in the program – and militated for other Canadian appointments to what is now a storied moment of creation for such artists as F.H. Varley and Arthur Lismer. Jackson produced some of Canada’s most memorable depictions of the world’s first industrial-scale conflict, even as he reckoned with the anguish caused by the mysterious death of his close friend Tom Thomson. A life-changing event for soldiers, families, and nations alike, the First World War has been understood as a moment of stasis in the visual arts in Canada – the dead ground from which the Group of Seven emerged in the early 1920s. Douglas Hunter shows how Jackson’s war was a moment of intense transformation and artistic development on the canvas as well as an experience that tempered a young man into a constructive elder statesman for Canadian art. On his return home he was not only instrumental in the formation of the Group of Seven in Toronto, but a key figure for the Beaver Hall Group in Montreal. Jackson’s Wars is a story of brotherhoods of painters and soldiers, shot through with inspiration, ambition, trauma, and loss, on the home front as well as on the battlefield. Hunter widens and deepens A.Y. Jackson’s world of friends, family, and colleagues to capture the life of a complex man and the crucial events and relationships behind the creation of Canada’s best-known art collective.

Author : Ross King
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781408834275

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Leonardo and the Last Supper by Ross King Pdf

For more than five centuries The Last Supper has been an artistic, religious and cultural icon. The art historian Kenneth Clark called it 'the keystone of European art', and for a century after its creation it was regarded as nothing less than a miraculous image. And yet there is a very human story behind this artistic 'miracle'. Ross King's Leonardo and the Last Supper is both a 'biography' of one of the most famous works of art ever painted and a record of Leonardo da Vinci's last five years in Milan.

Author : Simon Knell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317432418

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National Galleries by Simon Knell Pdf

Are national galleries different from other kinds of art gallery or museum? What value is there for the nation in a collection of international masterpieces? How are national galleries involved in the construction national art? National Galleries is the first book to undertake a panoramic view of a type of national institution – which are sometimes called national museums of fine art – that is now found in almost every nation on earth. Adopting a richly illustrated, globally inclusive, comparative view, Simon Knell argues that national galleries should not be understood as ‘great galleries’ but as peculiar sites where art is made to perform in acts of nation building. A book that fundamentally rewrites the history of these institutions and encourages the reader to dispense with elitist views of their worth, Knell reveals an unseen geography and a rich complexity of performance. He considers the ways the national galleries entangle art and nation, and the differing trajectories and purposes of international and national art. Exploring galleries, artists and artworks from around the world, National Galleries is an argument about how we think about and study these institutions. Privileging the situatedness of each national gallery performance, and valuing localism over universalism, Knell looks particularly at how national art is constructed and represented. He ends with examples that show the mutability of national art and by questioning the necessity of art nationalism.

Author : Dr. Daniel L. Akin
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433682131

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A Theology for the Church by Dr. Daniel L. Akin Pdf

Leading Baptist thinkers Daniel L. Akin, R. Albert Mohler, Jr., Paige Patterson, Mark Dever, et al. address four major issues in regard to eight Christian doctrines (revelation, God, humanity, Christ, the Holy Spirit, salvation, the Church, and last things). Revised edition.

Author : Gaurav Garg
Publisher : Gaurav Garg
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Arjuna: Blade of the Gods by Gaurav Garg Pdf

From the vibrant tapestry of Indian mythology emerges a tale unlike any other—Arjuna: Blade of the Gods—an epic saga of celestial weapons, ancient prophecies, and the indomitable spirit of a warrior destined to shape the fate of a kingdom. Arjuna, the chosen one, is plucked from the deceptive tranquility of Hastinapur's grand celebrations, where whispers of an encroaching darkness lie hidden beneath the surface. Called upon by the gods themselves, he embarks on a perilous quest to gather fragments of forgotten power, celestial weapons scattered among realms infused with their own dangers and trials. With each step, Arjuna's power grows, but so does his awareness of the terrible toll these weapons demand. Agni, the fire god, tests his mettle in a volcanic inferno. The elusive Vayu challenges him to an aerial duel through ever-shifting skyways. In a haunting temple of illusions, Citrangada, the warrior princess, forces him to discern truth from falsehood. The shadow of an ancient power begins to take shape – Varuna, an Asura rising from the depths, driven by a thirst for revenge and dominion. Yet, this growing threat is not the only enemy Arjuna must face. Temptations linger on his path, promising false peace and an escape from the heavy mantle of responsibility. Internal battles must be fought alongside external ones, testing the limits of his spirit and questioning the very righteousness he seeks to uphold. In a world teetering on the brink of chaos, Arjuna is both a savior and a potential force of ruin. The path he carves is fraught with choices that will echo throughout time and leave an enduring mark on the realm. Friendships will be tested, lives will be lost, and sacrifices will be demanded, all leading toward a decisive battle where the destiny of Hastinapur will hang in the balance. Arjuna: Blade of the Gods is not simply a tale of a warrior claiming power, it's an exploration of the price that power exacts – on the warrior, on his loved ones, and on the world he fights for. It invites the reader to walk beside Arjuna and ponder the age-old questions – how do we define heroism? Is unshakeable duty its own kind of sacrifice? And where does the line between hero and tyrant blur?