Portraits Of The Far North

Author : Gerald Kuehl
Publisher : 4117654 Manitoba Ltée (Éditions des Plaines | Vidacom Publications
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-08T00:00:00-04:00
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781989282328

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If portraits could speak, what fascinating stories would they tell? For over two decades, Manitoban artist Gerald Kuehl has travelled to the far-fl ung corners of Canada to draw out these answers from the last generation of Indigenous Peoples born on the land, and, pencil in hand, to record their likenesses and experiences. Picking up where Kuehl’s acclaimed Portraits of the North left off , Portraits of the Far North follows the artist as he crosses the 60th parallel into Nunavut to meet the few Inuit Elders who still remember the days when their people lived entirely off the bounty of the land. Kuehl’s astonishing graphite pencil drawings and accompanying stories—the result of his travels in the Far North over thirteen years, hundreds of interviews with Elders, and thousands of hours at the drawing board—provide an unprecedented, poignant account of the changing realities Inuit experienced over the course of the last century, and their bright hopes for the future.

Author : Gerald Kuehl
Publisher : 4117654 Manitoba Ltée (Éditions des Plaines | Vidacom Publications
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15T00:00:00-04:00
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781988182438

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The Manuela Dias book design and Illustration Awards - General illustrations category Alexander Kennedy Ishister Award for Non-Fiction Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award This is a truly unique book. It offers an incomparable glimpse into the experiences and history of more than one hundred First Nations and Métis elders from Canada's North —“the last generation born on the land.” These stunning graphite pencil portraits are rendered with love, respect, and painstaking detail, along with gripping intimate profiles assembled from oral accounts and anecdotes. Their poignant facial features, lines, and creases, weathered by the harsh outdoors and a lifetime of challenges, are like badges of their remarkable achievements, sustained resolve, inspired patience, and deep-set defiance to the hardships their people have endured for generations. The masterful realism of Kuehl’s work helps uncover the tales of these seasoned individuals—their many triumphs and trials—revealing in turn a greater portrait of life in the communities of Northern Canada, a compelling homage, and an enduring historical legacy.

Author : Gerald Kuehl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Canada, Northern
ISBN : 1988182409

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Portraits of the North by Gerald Kuehl Pdf

"Set your eyes upon the faces of the North--and discover the myriad stories hidden in their telling features, as solemnly captured over two decades by the exceptionally talented Manitoban artist, Gerald Huehl. These stunning graphite pencil portraits, rendered with love, respect, and painstaking detail, along with gripping intimate profiles assembled from oral accounts and anecdotes, offer an incomparable glimpse into the experiences and history of over one hundred First Nations and Métis elders--"the last generation born on the land." Their poignant facial features, line, and creases, weathered by the harsh outdoors and a lifetime of challenges, are like badges of their remarkable achievements, sustained resolve, inspired patience, and deep-set defiance to the hardships their people have endured over generations. The masterful realism of Kuehl's work helps uncover the tales of these seasoned individuals--their many triumphs and trials--revealing in turn a greater portrait of life in the communities of Northern Canada and the enduring legacy of its peoples."--Back cover.

Author : Mary Alice Downie
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-29
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781554888320

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Early Voices by Mary Alice Downie Pdf

This selection of writings by 29 Canadian women presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, and a range of voices from high-born wives of governors general to a fishermans wife in Labrador. All of which demonstrate how womens experiences helped shape this country.

Author : Ann Kullberg
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999-03-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781440319945

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Colored Pencil Portraits Step by Step by Ann Kullberg Pdf

Portraits not only capture a likeness, but offer for generations to come a glimpse into the subject's life. Sounds like quite a challenge. But with Ann Kullberg's help, it's not as difficult as you might think to create lifelike colored pencil portraits. Using her own beautiful portraiture for instruction and inspiration, Kullberg walks you through the process step by step--from basic information about materials and techniques to two demonstrations that show how complete portraits come together from beginning to end. You'll learn how to: · choose the right tools and master basic techniques · compose a portrait—examples show right and wrong ways to do it · use light to create mood in your portraits · create a range of rich, believable skin tones · paint the face—step-by-steps of eyes, mouth, nose and ears make it easy · paint realistic-looking clothing—step-by-step demos show you how to paint denim, velvet and other fabrics You'll also find Kullberg's secrets for making your portrait come alive, along with 17 mini-demos that make it easy to paint realistic features, hair and clothing. Inside is everything you need to get started, as well as advice and important information on painting portraits professionally!

Author : Anastasia Taylor-Lind,Gordon Macdonald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Maĭdan Nezalez︠h︡nosti (Kiev, Ukraine)
ISBN : 095742728X

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Maidan - Portraits from the Black Square by Anastasia Taylor-Lind,Gordon Macdonald Pdf

This title by Anastasia Taylor-Lind is a series of portraits of anti-government protestors and mourners made in a makeshift photographic studio in Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square), Kiev.

Author : Pierre Berton
Publisher : Anchor Canada
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780385673587

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Prisoners of the North by Pierre Berton Pdf

Canada’s master storyteller returns to the North to chronicle the extraordinary stories of five inspiring and controversial characters. Canada’s master storyteller returns to the North to bring history to life. Prisoners of the North tells the extraordinary stories of five inspiring and controversial characters whose adventures in Canada’s frozen wilderness are no less fascinating today than they were a hundred years ago. We meet Joseph Boyle, the self-made millionaire gold prospector from Woodstock, Ontario, who went off to the Great War with the word “Yukon” inscribed on his shoulder straps, and solid-gold maple-leaf lapel badges. There he survived several scrapes with rogue Bolsheviks, earned the admiration of Trotsky, saved Romania from the advancing Germans, and entered into a passionate affair with its queen. We meet Vilhjalmur Steffansson, who knew every corner of the Canadian North better than any explorer. His claim to have discovered a tribe of “Blond Eskimos” brought him world-wide attention and landed him in controversy that would dog him the rest of his life. There is John Hornby, the eccentric public-school Englishman so enthralled with the Barren Grounds where he lived that he finally starved to death there with the two young men who had joined his adventures. Berton gives us a riveting account of the contradictory life of Robert Service — a world-famous poet whose self-effacement was completely at odds with his public persona. And we meet the extraordinary Lady Jane Franklin, who belied every last stereotype about Victorian women with her immense determination, energy, and sense of adventure. She travelled more widely than even her famous explorer husband, Sir John. And her indefatigable efforts to find him after his disappearance were legendary. A Yukoner himself, Berton weaves these tales of courage, fortitude, and reckless lust for adventure with a love for Canada’s harsh north. With his sharp eye for detail and faultless ear for a good story, Pierre Berton shows once again why he is Canada’s favourite historian.

Author : Keith H. Basso
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1979-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0521295939

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Portraits of 'the Whiteman' by Keith H. Basso Pdf

Drawing on current theory in symbolic anthropology and sociolinguistics, this interpretive essay investigates a complex form of joking based on material collected in a Western Apache community wherein Apaches stage carefully crafted imitations of Anglo-Americans.

Author : Huberta v. Voss
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781845452575

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Portraits of Hope by Huberta v. Voss Pdf

Elie Wiesel called the genocide of the Armenians during the First World War ‘the Holocaust before the Holocaust’. Around one and a half million Armenians - men, women and children – were slaughtered at the time of the First World War. This book outlines some of the historical facts and consequences of the massacres but sees it as its main objective to present the Armenians to the foreign reader, their history but also their lives and achievements in the present that finds most Armenians dispersed throughout the world. 3000 years after their appearance in history, 1700 years after adopting Christianity and almost 90 years after the greatest catastrophe in their history, these 50 ‘biographical sketches of intellectuals, artists, journalists, and others...produce a complicated kaleidoscope of a divided but lively people that is trying once again, to rediscover its ethnic coherence. Armenian civilization does not consist solely of stories about a far-off past, but also of traditions and a national conscience suggestive of a future that will transcend the present.’ [from the Preface]

Author : Hugh Brody
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781926706726

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Other Side of Eden by Hugh Brody Pdf

Part memoir, part adventure story, part intellectual voyage, The Other Side of Eden begins in the High Arctic of the 1970s. This was where Hugh Brody first lived with hunting peoples and where, as he explains, he first encountered a way of being that would transform how he saw the world. In this marvellous new book, Brody’s travels take him through exquisite landscapes of ice and snow with companions who know the land as a part of themselves. He also travels through time and space as he explores the divide between hunters and farmers that lies at the core of human history. Shaped with a compelling mix of order and intuition, The Other Side of Eden draws on the author’s personal experience, on the words of the hunter-gatherers he comes to know and on the work of linguists, anthropologists and historians. Finally, Brody poses questions about the mind itself, arriving at a compelling and profoundly hopeful conclusion. Something exists, he suggests, that is neither heaven nor hell, neither modern nor ancient, neither civilized nor primitive: a place within each of us where we can be beyond the dichotomies and ultimately more fully ourselves.

Author : Suzanna Winton
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781440313998

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Realistic Watercolor Portraits by Suzanna Winton Pdf

Portraits have the power to capture a likeness that touches the soul. You can learn to paint realistic portraits with artistry following the guidance in this inspirational book. Nine complete step-by-step demonstrations show you how to use watercolors to build portraits that come to life with realism and personality. Each demonstration features a different person—so you can explore a range of ages, skin tones, facial features, hair tones and textures—mastering each detail at your own pace. Even if you are a beginner, success is within your reach as you learn how to: • Place an image properly • Capture a likeness and add character • Paint realistic skin tones • Fix mistakes without starting over • Edit visual information for greater impact • Capture the textures of clothing and accessories • Select and paint a background that supports the portrait With this guide on your side, you can achieve the portraits you've always dreamed of painting. Get started today. Great portraits await!

Author : Wayne Youngblood
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780785835592

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Edward S. Curtis Portraits by Wayne Youngblood Pdf

Photographer Edward S. Curtis was a prolific photographer and recorder of Native American culture. This is a collection of his most moving, cultural portraits.

Author : Taína Caragol,Dorothy Moss,Richard Powell,Kim Sajet
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780691203287

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The Obama Portraits by Taína Caragol,Dorothy Moss,Richard Powell,Kim Sajet Pdf

Unveiling the unconventional : Kehinde Wiley's portrait of Barack Obama / Taína Caragol -- "Radical empathy" : Amy Sherald's portrait of Michelle Obama / Dorothy Moss -- The Obama portraits, in art history and beyond / Richard J. Powell -- The Obama portraits and the National Portrait Gallery as a site of secular pilgrimage / Kim Sajet -- The presentation of the Obama portraits : a transcript of the unveiling ceremony.

Author : Adina Hoffman
Publisher : Crown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-29
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780385347761

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House of Windows by Adina Hoffman Pdf

A brilliant and moving evocation of the rhythms of life (and the darker shadows below it) in a working-class quarter of the world’s most fascinating and divided city. In the tradition of the literature of place perfected by such expatriate writers as M. F. K. Fisher and Isak Dinesen, Adina Hoffman’s House of Windows compellingly evokes Jerusalem through the prism of the neighborhood where she has lived for eight years since moving from the United States. In a series of interlocking sketches and intimate portraits of the inhabitants of Musrara, a neighborhood on the border of the western (Jewish) and eastern (Arab) sides of the city–a Sephardic grocer, an aging civil servant, a Palestinian gardener, a nosy mother of ten–Hoffman constructs an intimate view of Jerusalem life that will be a revelation to American readers bombarded with politics and headlines. By focusing on the day-to-day pace of existence in this close-knit community, she provides a rich, precise, and refreshingly honest portrait of a city often reduced to cliche–and takes in the larger question of identity and exile that haunts Jews and Palestinians alike.

Author : Theo Kennedy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:B000086056

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Far North by Theo Kennedy Pdf