Sights of resistance : approaches to Canadian visual culture / Robert J. Belton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Belton, Robert James, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Canada--History.

Art.

History.

Canada.

Physical Description:

vii, 398 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm + 1 computer optical disk (4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

Calgary : University of Calgary Press, [2001]

System Details:

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM, Windows: 486-based 66 MHz processor or better; 16 MB of RAM or better; 2 GB hard drive; 2X DC-ROM or faster; Windows 95+; Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later, or Netscape Navigator 4.0 or later.

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM, MacIntosh: PowerPC processor, preferably 120 MHz or faster; 16 MB of RAM or better; 2 GB hard drive; CD-ROM, preferably 8x or faster; Mac OS 8.1 or later; Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later, or Netscape Navigator 4.0 or later.

text file

Summary:

Accompanying CD-ROM contains a glossary and an interactive web site.

Contents:

1.2 Visual Poetics 2

1.3 A Survey of Visual Culture in Canada 3

1.4 Important Moments in Canadian History and Visual Culture 4

2 Visual Poetics 7

2.1 What is Visual Culture and Why Study It? 7

2.2 The Elements of Visual Culture 8

2.2.1 Form 8

2.2.5 Context 11

2.2.7 The Tertiary Level 12

2.2.8 Tertiary Exercise: Multiple Locatedness 13

2.3 Visual Literacy and Visual Poetics 14

2.3.1 Visual Poetics Exercises 14

2.3.2 A Student's Critique 17

3 A Survey of Visual Culture in Canada 19

3.1 Prehistory 19

3.2 New France 21

3.3 British Reorganization 24

3.4 Towards Union 30

3.5 Confederation and After 31

3.6 The World Wars 40

3.7 The Post-War Period 47

3.8 The Post-Centennial Period 55

4 Important Moments in Canadian Hisotry and Visual Culture 69

4.2 Important Moments in Canadian History 70

4.3 Important Moments in Canadian Visual Culture 86.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-378) and index.

ISBN:

1552380114 :

OCLC:

45414291