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Art for war and peace, how a great public art project helped Canada discover itself, Ian Sigvaldason, Scott Steedman

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Art for war and peace, how a great public art project helped Canada discover itself, Ian Sigvaldason, Scott Steedman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 222) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Art for war and peace

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Ian Sigvaldason, Scott Steedman

Sub title

how a great public art project helped Canada discover itself

Summary

"The amazing story of the largest public art project in Canadian history, including full-colour reproductions of the Sampson-Matthews prints. The Sampson-Matthews print program began as wartime propaganda during WWII and lasted into the 1960s. It cost tens of millions of dollars. The bright silkscreens hung in every school, library, bank and dentist's office from Whitehorse to St. John's, shaping Canadians' ideas about art - and their vast homeland. "Art for War and Peace" tells the remarkable story of the prints, with full-colour reproductions of more than a hundred silkscreens and contributions from several art writers, including Douglas Coupland."--Provided by publisher

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