Module 1: What Makes Canadian Art ‘Canadian’? by Art History For Real https://padlet.com/debbiemorrison5/nl6t45xcs71imsna Explore Key Artworks from the Colonies Prior to 1860 en-us 2021-03-15 22:15:23 UTC 2023-03-01 02:32:04 UTC hello@padlet.com First Artwork Documented In Quebec debbiemorrison5 https://padlet.com/debbiemorrison5/nl6t45xcs71imsna/wish/1313054910 One of the first paintings known to Quebec is La France apportant la foi aux Hurons de la Nouvelle-France, c. 1670 (below). The painting has been attributed to Frere Luc, a Jesuit Monk who was sent from France to New France (Quebec) to support religious conversions and decorate the new churches with art. Several paintings from the period have been attributed to Frere Luc (his secular name was Louis Nicolas). 

It was thought to have been commissioned by the First Nations tribe--the Hurons, for the Catholic church in commemoration of their conversion efforts to Christianity.

]]> 2021-03-15 22:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/debbiemorrison5/nl6t45xcs71imsna/wish/1313054910 Codex Canadensis debbiemorrison5 https://padlet.com/debbiemorrison5/nl6t45xcs71imsna/wish/1313108543 (c. 1700), Thomas Gilcrease Institute, Sketchbook on Paper]]> 2021-03-15 23:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/debbiemorrison5/nl6t45xcs71imsna/wish/1313108543 The Codex of Canadensis debbiemorrison5 https://padlet.com/debbiemorrison5/nl6t45xcs71imsna/wish/1313114607 The Codex is a hand-drawn document of over 180 drawings of First Nations' people, plants, mammals, birds and fish of the New France (Quebec). Although the manuscript was neither signed nor dated, scholars believe it was most likely the work of Louis Nicolas. The Codex is a significant contribution to the history of the colonies, since most artwork done by the colonists was of religious imagery.

Explore more pages of the Codex Canadensis online at the Gilcrease Museum, click here.  
]]> 2021-03-15 23:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/debbiemorrison5/nl6t45xcs71imsna/wish/1313114607 Biographic Sketch of Louis Nicolas (web page) debbiemorrison5 https://padlet.com/debbiemorrison5/nl6t45xcs71imsna/wish/1313163185 Click the image below to access the webpage at Art Institute Canada to learn more about Louis Nicolas and see some of his artworks up close. ]]> 2021-03-15 23:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/debbiemorrison5/nl6t45xcs71imsna/wish/1313163185 Painting: 'Indian Encampment on Lake Huron' debbiemorrison5 https://padlet.com/debbiemorrison5/nl6t45xcs71imsna/wish/1313172274 Below, an oil painting completed in 1845 by Paul Kane, an Irish-born Canadian artist who painted scenes of First Nations people. You will read, or already read,  the controversial opinions on artworks that depict First Nations people, by non-First Nations artists, e.g. as described in Barry Lord's chapter in this module.]]> 2021-03-15 23:53:26 UTC https://padlet.com/debbiemorrison5/nl6t45xcs71imsna/wish/1313172274 Arlene Gehmacher on Paul Kane: YouTube (30-minute video) debbiemorrison5 https://padlet.com/debbiemorrison5/nl6t45xcs71imsna/wish/1313259173  A video from the Art Canada Institute about Paul Kane's artworks that document Canada’s western landscape and its indigenous peoples in the mid 1800s.]]> 2021-03-16 00:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/debbiemorrison5/nl6t45xcs71imsna/wish/1313259173