The icon in Canada
Subtitle: recent findings from the Canadian Museum of Civilization
By: compliled and edited by Robert B. Klymasz.
Contributors: Canadian Museum of Civilization.; Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies.
Series: Mercury series,; Paper / Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies,; no. 69; Paper (Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies) ;; no. 69.
Publisher: Canadian Museum of Civilization
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Ottawa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Icons -- Canada.; Icon painters -- Canada -- Biography.
Description: Separated from its origins in the Old World, Eastern Christian iconography in Canada has come to enjoy a popular following from coast to coast. The present volume documents this living tradition from a variety of perspectives to offer the first national survey of its kind. Here folklorists join with art historians, anthropologists, a scientist, a theologian, enthusiasts and iconographers to underscore the richness of a phenomenon that continues to captivate large segments of the country's population.
Notes: Includes an abstract in French.
Includes bibliographical references.