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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Sculpture in Canada
    sub title: a history
  name:
    name part: Tippett, Maria
    name part: 1944-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: bcc
    date issued: 2017
    copyright date: 2017
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 272 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
  abstract: An authoritative survey of sculpture's coming of age in Canada. Found in public spaces and parks, art galleries and university buildings, along riverbanks as well as in city squares, private gardens and even underwater, Canadian sculpture encompasses a range of materials and styles from traditional bone and bronze to postmodern multimedia installations. As this book demonstrates, artistic intentions among the nation's sculptors, whether political, social, theoretical or aesthetic, are as diverse as Canada itself. The distinguished cultural historian Maria Tippett begins this richly illustrated study of Canadian sculpture in 13,000 BCE by examining a handcrafted shard found in the Bluefish Caves of the Yukon and proceeds to consider Inuit and First Nations sculptural practices alongside those of Euro-Canadians. Dr. Tippett begins with traditional forms such as totem poles and liturgical carvings before moving along to the landmark EXPO 67 exhibition and other significant events, concluding with the postmodern artists who, with "a relentless striving for the new" work within new technological realms such as 3D modelling and virtual reality spaces. Dr. Tippett's survey evinces an avid interest in the logistics of sculpture, exploring the ways in which the medium demands more space, time, money and material to produce and exhibit than disciplines like drawing and painting. The result is that in Canadian sculpture, more than in other artistic practices, complex social, economic and cultural forces have interacted with the pure inspiration of artists in their studios. Sculpture in Canada is a groundbreaking work that will have a profound impact in introducing readers to the underappreciated wealth of this most public of Canadian arts.
  note: Maria Tippett.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-cn---
  subject:
    topic: Sculpture, Canadian
  subject:
    topic: Sculpture
    geographic: Canada
  classification: NB240 .T57 2017
  classification: 730.971
  identifier: 1771620935
  identifier: 9781771620932
  identifier: 9781771620949
  record info:
    record content source: NLC
    record creation date: 170403
    record change date: 20180214142626.0
    record identifier: in00003924030
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng