Canadian art publications: history and recent developments

This article traces the history of Canadian art publishing from the eighteenth century to date, closely paralleling the development of art historical scholarship in the country. A statistical survey of art publishing 1975–80 is followed by details of recently published key works in the fields of arc...

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Published in:Art Libraries Journal
Main Author: Singer, Loren
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1983
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s030747220000331x
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S030747220000331X
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Summary:This article traces the history of Canadian art publishing from the eighteenth century to date, closely paralleling the development of art historical scholarship in the country. A statistical survey of art publishing 1975–80 is followed by details of recently published key works in the fields of architecture, sculpture, painting, drawing, graphic arts, folk decorative arts, photography, North American Indian and Eskimo art. A substantial bibliography is appended. This paper was delivered to the Section of Art Libraries at the 1982 IFLA Council in Montreal.