Landscapes With India Ink
The Language of Ballet: A Dictionary
The Language of Editorial Cartoons
Larousse Encyclopedia of Music
Last Action Hero
Last of the Arctic
Learning Through Drama
Leisure Art Series
Leo Mol in Light and Shadow
Leonardo Da Vinci
Lessons From the World: A Cross-Cultural Guide to Music Teaching and Learning
Let’s Dance: Aboriginal Social and Cultural Dances Kit
Let's Dance. 2nd ed.
Let's Square Dance Vol. 1-5
Letters From Wingfield Farm
Liberty Street Blues
Light for a Cold Land: Lawren Harris's Work and Life - An Interpretation
Line
Listen to the Music!
The Listening Experience: Elements, Forms, and Styles in Music
Listening to Movies: The Film Lover's Guide to Film Music
Literature Navigator Series
Living Powers: The Arts in Education
Living Theater: An Introduction to Theater History. 2nd ed.
Living With Art. 4th ed.
Looking at Paintings Series
Looking at Totem Poles
Louis Armstrong: An American Success Story
Louise Nevelson
A Love of the Music: Prairie Variations
A Love of the Music: Prairie Variations
Low Fire: Other Ways to Work in Clay
The Lump
Luxo Jr. / Red's Dream / Tin Toy
Lypa
(Video). (Art in the Classroom Series). SaskMedia (MGR), 1980. 12 min. Dup. order no. V924.
(SK) This program shows the techniques that are used to create landscapes with India ink.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
The Language of Ballet: A Dictionary
(Print-Non-Fiction). Mara, Thalia. Princeton Book Co. Publ. (FHW), 1987. 120 p. ISBN 0-87127-037-4 ($14.95 pbk.).
This dictionary defines common ballet terms in concise, simple terms. Included are phonetic pronunciations and numerous sketches.
Suggested Use: Dance
Other Use: Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8
The Language of Editorial Cartoons
(Video). Knowledge Unlimited (KU), 1992. 19 min. No order number is required. ($55.00 U.S.).
This video introduces students to the role of editorial cartoons in a democracy by first focusing on the overall role of disagreement and reasoned debate in a democracy. It does this by looking at the debates about the Persian Gulf War in late 1990 and early 1991. The video also looks at some editorial cartoons from past U.S. history. It then devotes much of the remaining time to an interview with editorial cartoonist Jon Kovalic, who describes his thoughts about editorial cartooning, using his own cartoons to illustrate techniques and philosophical points. Included is a teacher's guide.
Suggested Use: Media Studies; Visual Art
Larousse Encyclopedia of Music
(Print-Non-Fiction). Hindley, Geoffrey, ed. Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited (REED), 1971. 576 p. ISBN 0-600-35491-1 ($24.99 pbk.).
This scholarly encyclopedia offers a broad range of information on music from a diversity of cultural and historical perspectives. It provides 60 colour plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations. Included are a table of contents, a supplementary reading list, and an index.
Suggested Use: Music
(Print-Non-Fiction). Newman, Steve and Marsh, Ed W. Newmarket Press (IRW), 1993. 128 p. ISBN 1-55704-174-1 ($14.50 pbk.).
This book positions the reader at the heart of the action, following director John McTiernan, the actors, and the filmmakers as they create an action adventure fantasy. Featured are: an interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger, over 100 movie stills and drawings (some in colour and some in black-and-white), and insider stories on the stunts, explosions, special effects, costumes, sets, and cast. Included is a table of contents.
Suggested Use: Media Studies
(Video). (The William Kurelek Series). Moreland-Latchford (SSC), 1990. 18 min. Order no. KMLV0086 ($29.95).
(CAN, I/M) William Kurelek travelled to Baffin Island to do the paintings for his book The Last of the Arctic. He records Inuit customs and traditions through scenes of storytelling, hunting, family life, and hardships.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
(Print-Non-Fiction). McGregor, Lynn, Tate, Maggie and Robinson, Ken. Irwin Publishing Inc. (IRW), 1977. 224 p. ISBN 0-435-18565-9 ($28.60 pbk.).
This is a theoretical study of drama's relevance in the school curriculum. It provides a basis for more thorough understanding of the learning processes involved in drama and for a formulation of aims and strategies in drama lessons. It discusses the value of role drama, its relationship to theatre, assessment, and methods of organizing for its teaching in schools. Based on observation of drama in a variety of schools, the book includes numerous examples of classroom work.
Suggested Use: Drama - Teacher Reference
Other Use: Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8
(Print-Non-Fiction). Please refer to the titles: Painting in Acrylics, Painting in Watercolours, and Painting With Pastels.
(Video). (School for Shakespeare Series). National Film Board of Canada (MGR), 1993. 48 min. Dup. order no. V9471.
(CAN) For almost 50 years, sculptor Leo Mol hid his past behind a veil of half-truth and deliberate misdirection. Torn from home and family by Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union, Mol found himself adrift with only his art to save him. This emotional documentary sets the public story of his artistic success against a private drama of loss, exile, and guilt. It includes interesting comments from Mol about sculptors and their work. Mol’s contribution to and understanding of his community is commendable. This video is close-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
(Print-Non-Fiction). Romei, Francesca. (Masters of Art Series). Peter Bedrick Books (PBB), 1994. 64 p. ISBN 0-87226-313-4 ($28.00 hdc.).
This book explores Da Vinci's contributions in magnificent colour spreads, captions, and text, featuring a detailed look at his personal life and work. Designed and written in a way to engage both the newcomer and the knowledgeable, this book includes a history of Da Vinci's life, his studio techniques, quality colour reproductions of his masterworks, his sketches of machines, and a section on his famous secret writings. Included are a table of contents, a list of key dates, a list of works included in the book, and an index.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Lessons From the World: A Cross-Cultural Guide to Music Teaching and Learning
(Print-Non-Fiction). Campbell, Patricia Shehan. Schirmer Bks. (PRN), 1991. 331 p. ISBN 0-02-872361-9 ($57.00 hdc.).
This is a highly recommended resource designed to help teachers grapple with teaching music in ways that are of greatest relevance to the student. The book includes information about the history of music education around the world and about different ways teachers can present music creatively. This resource reaffirms the philosophy of the arts education curriculum. Included are a table of contents, a bibliography, and an index.
Suggested Use: Music - Teacher Reference
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9
Let’s Dance: Aboriginal Social and Cultural Dances Kit
(Kit). Saskatchewan Education, Training and Employment (BB), 1995. Order no. BB 703 ($11.90).
(SK, I/M) Although this kit was developed for the elementary and middle level, it would also be suitable for secondary level students. It includes two teacher handbooks and an audiocassette of dance music. The dances include round dance, owl dance, intertribal dance, Oklahoma two step, jingle dress, grass dance, men’s and boy’s traditional dance, women’s and girl’s traditional dance, fancy dance, and fancy shawl dance. This resource was distributed to every school in Saskatchewan that offers the elementary and/or middle level. Additional copies are available from the Book Bureau.
Suggested Use: Dance
(Print-Non-Fiction). Evans, Jane. Can-Ed Media Ltd. (CEM), 1991. unp. ISBN 0-920102-06-9 ($21.95 pbk.).
This book incorporates the elements of modern dance (body awareness, effort, space awareness, relationships) into folk dance instruction. General instructions for teaching dance are followed by directions for 86 dances. Much of the music referred to in the booklet is available for purchase from Can-Ed Media.
Suggested Use: Dance
(Audiorecording). Kraus, Richard. (How to Do It Series). Merit Audio-Visual (CEM), n.d. Order no. M4V 1052 ($18.98 record).
This introductory resource contains music and instructions for square, circle, and line dances. The selections vary in difficulty from album to album.
Suggested Use: Dance
(Video). (Stage on Screen Series). Hascom Television Dist. (MAG), 1991. 95 min. Order no. 473-31-115 ($75.00).
(CAN) In this one-man show featuring Canadian actor Rod Beattie, a stockbroker-turned-farmer recounts his hilarious misadventures during his first year on the farm. It is based on letters written by Dan Needles under the pen name of Walt Wingfield for Shelburne Free Press and Economist from 1974-77. This is an example of Canadian regional theatre.
Suggested Use: Drama
Other Use: Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8
(Video/16mm). National Film Board of Canada (NFB/MHP), 1989. 78 min. NFB - Order no. 1-0188-002 ($34.95). MHP - Loan order no. MP20664.
(CAN) This is an interesting look at the musical life of New Orleans. Featured is a brass band enlivening the parade route. Brief musical segments from other musicians illustrate the instruments and styles popular in New Orleans.
Suggested Use: Music
Other Use: Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8
Light for a Cold Land: Lawren Harris's Work and Life - An Interpretation
(Print-Non-Fiction). Larisey, Peter. Dundurn Press Limited (DUN), 1993. 199 p. ISBN 1-55002-188-5 ($49.99 hdc.).
(CAN) This book is the first art-historical study of Lawren Harris that attempts to explore his life and all aspects of his career. It is based on extensive work in archives, libraries, public art galleries, and private collections in Canada, as well as research in Germany and interviews with members of Harris's family and many of his friends, acquaintances, colleagues, and critics. The book is divided into four parts chronologically: "The Early Years, 1885 - 1918"; "Harris's Major Landscape period, 1918-30"; "An expatriate Painter of Abstractions, 1934-40, and "From Artistic Politics to Mystery, 1940-70." It offers 71 full-page colour plates of his work and numerous black-and-white figures. Included are a table of contents and an index.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
(Poster). Lidstone, John. (Davis Visual Series). Davis Pubns., Inc. (FHW), 1990. ISBN 0-87192-2231 ($200.00 set).
These quality print sets, focusing on line, contain contemporary works of art as opposed to those of the "masters." This set includes 24 prints (45 cm by 60 cm). Examples of photography, crafts, and graphic arts are presented. Though the prints included are excellent examples of line, the images are designed to be viewed and discussed in many ways, particularly focusing on students' personal observations and ideas.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
(Print-Non-Fiction). Eakle, Kit. Briarwood Publishing Ltd. (BRW), 1992. 97 p. ISBN 0-9695073-2-1 ($29.95 coil-bound).
Subtitled Classroom Listening Guides for 42 Musical Selections, this resource is intended as an introduction to varied composers and their works. Each listening selection includes background information about the composition, a reproducible sketch of its composer, suggested questions, and activities. An appendix contains sketches of instruments by family. Included is a table of contents.
Suggested Use: Music - Teacher Reference
Other Use: Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8
The Listening Experience: Elements, Forms, and Styles in Music
(Print-Non-Fiction). O'Brien, James P. Schirmer Bks. (PRN), 1987. 557 p. ISBN 0-02-872130-6 ($32.50 hdc.). Record Set - ISBN 0-02-872630-8 ($46.95). Cassettes - ISBN 0-02-872131-4 ($46.95).
Although this book was designed for the post-secondary level, it contains useful information for high school students about composers, musical instruments, styles and eras, as well as elements and genres of music. Listening selections suggested throughout the book support each topic. Study guides at the conclusion of each chapter list vocabulary, chronologies, selections for further listening, and a short review exercise. Included are a table of contents, a glossary, and a index. Listening selections referred to in the book are available as records or cassettes.
Suggested Use: Music
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9
Listening to Movies: The Film Lover's Guide to Film Music
(Print-Non-Fiction). Karlin, Fred. Schirmer Bks. (PRN), 1994. 429 p. ISBN 0-02-873315-0 ($47.95 hdc.).
This book is a lay person's guide to the exciting world of film music. Featuring 100 black-and-white photographs, including stills from classic films as well as portraits and candid shots of the creators of film music, it tells how music for the movies is written, performed, recorded, and mixed; how composers work with directors and producers; and how the whole process evolved. Fred Karlin surveys the history of this very special kind of music, from the era when pianists and live orchestras accompanied silent films, through the days of the Hollywood studio orchestras and the ground-breaking work of composers like Korngold, Herrmann, and Rozsa, on to the present, when electronic scores, crafted through an array of high-tech hardware and software, exist side by side with symphonic scores. Throughout, Karlin draws on his interviews with key figures in the industry to personalize the world of film music. Listeningto Movies reveals not only how film music is made but how it can be crucial in establishing tone, setting a pace, and involving the audience. Through numerous examples, Karlin helps the reader to understand and appreciate exactly how the music on the soundtrack enhances the movies we see. Included are a table of contents, an appendix of Academy Award original score nominees and winners, an appendix of sound track shops and vendors, a filmography, a bibliography, and an index.
Suggested Use: Media Studies; Music
(Kit). Please refer to the titles: The Grapes of Wrath / The Great Gatsby, and Romeo & Juliet / Westside Story.
Living Powers: The Arts in Education
(Print-Non-Fiction). Abbs, Peter, ed. Taylor & Francis, Inc. (CCP), n.d. 227 p. ISBN 1-85000-168-4 ($28.60 pbk.).
Essays in this book deal with the deterioration of arts education. The various authors campaign for schools to establish an aesthetic curriculum that would consist of a family of related aesthetic disciplines. It would be useful for people considering the role of arts education in Core Curriculum. Included are a table of contents, a bibliography, and an index.
Suggested Use: General - Teacher Reference
Living Theater: An Introduction to Theater History. 2nd ed.
(Print-Non-Fiction). Wilson, Edwin and Goldfarb, Alvin. McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited (BB), 1983. 482 p. Order no. BB 6761 ($50.75 pbk.).
A valuable history source, this book contains excellent historical/cultural timeline charts, succinct profiles of personalities from Aristophanes to Tennessee Williams, as well as black-and-white photographs and descriptions of changing styles in staging, costumes, and interpretation. It offers sections on Asian theatre and Afro-American theatre development, but contains no Canadian content. It includes a table of contents, a comprehensive glossary of theatrical terms, a pronunciation guide to theatrical terms and names, and lists of related plays. It offers a bibliography of theatre history titles organized by chapter and an index.
Suggested Use: Drama
Other Use: Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8; Drama 10, 20, 30
(Print-Non-Fiction). Gilbert, Rita. McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited (MHR), 1995. 546 p. ISBN 0-07-911794-5 ($66.95 pbk.).
Divided into five parts, this comprehensive book offers a broad introduction to the nature, vocabulary, media, and history of art, showing examples from many cultures. Part One serves as a general overview of the subject of art and its study. Part Two is a thorough analysis of the elements and principles of design in art, with detailed explanations and many illustrations. Part Three covers the two-dimensional media and devotes a full chapter to each of the major categories--drawing, painting, prints, the camera arts, and graphic design. Part Four provides the same detailed coverage to three-dimensional media--sculpture, crafts, architecture, and environmental design. Part Five is a brief chronological history of art from the earliest of times to the present. The book offers almost 500 colour plates as well as numerous black-and-white illustrations. Included are a table of contents, a bibliography, a glossary, and an index. The text is accompanied by a guide to writing about art, a project manual, a pronunciation guide on a sturdy card, ten clear plastic overlays (designed to show students the structure and composition of various art works), and an accordion-folded timeline. A set of 200 colour slides of illustrations in the book can be purchased separately.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
(Print-Non-Fiction). Please refer to the titles: Children, Flowers, and Self-Portraits.
(Print-Non-Fiction). Stewart, Hilary. Douglas & McIntyre Limited (DGL), 1993. 191 p. ISBN 1-55054-074-2 ($14.95 pbk.).
(CAN, I/M) This tour guide to 110 totem poles, from southern British Columbia to Alaska, gives each pole's location, carvers, cultural style, scale drawing, and background information. The book is prefaced by maps, discussion of the significance of poles and their figures of crests, and a historical overview of pole carving. This is an interesting, highly visual manual. It offers black-and-white photos. Included are a table of contents, a list of poles by location, a bibliography, and an index.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8
Louis Armstrong: An American Success Story
(Print-Non-Fiction). Collier, James L. Macmillan of Canada (DIS), 1985. 165 p. ISBN 0-02-042555-4 ($7.50 pbk.).
This is an excellent biography of black jazz artist Louis Armstrong by a Newbery Honor winner and jazz aficionado. It is an exploration of Armstrong’s childhood poverty in New Orleans and resultant lack of musical training, gradual rise to fame, poor management, and lost career opportunities. Through Armstrong’s story, the author presents a history of the growth of jazz as a popular music genre. Written in an interesting manner, this is a study of one of the world’s great jazz musicians. The book offers black-and-white photographs. Included is and index.
Suggested Use: Music
Other Use: Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8; Arts Education: Grade 9
(Print-Non-Fiction). Cain, Michael. (American Women of Achievement Series). Chelsea House Publishers (FHW), 1989. 112 p. ISBN 1-55546-671-0 ($24.99 hdc.).
This biography is a detailed study of the artist’s youthful influences, training, successes and innovative contributions to the art community. The book blends personal and artistic information. It offers black-and-white photographs. It includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an index.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9
A Love of the Music: Prairie Variations
(Audio Recording). Camera West Film Associates Ltd. (BB), 1994. Order no. BB 1210 ($7.85 cassette). Order no. BB 1211 ($7.85 compact disc).
(SK, I/M) This resource showcases two selections by each of the following Saskatchewan composers and musicians: Connie Kaldor, The Ewert Sisters, DUCT, Jon Ballantyne, Hart Rouge, Elk's Whistle Drum Troupe and The Waltons. These artists' works represent the diversity of musical styles found in Saskatchewan. The audio resource relates directly to the video A Love of the Music: Prairie Variations which is available through Media House Productions.
Suggested Use: Music
A Love of the Music: Prairie Variations
(Video). Camera West Film Associates Ltd. (MGR), 1994. 48 min. Dup. order no. V8958.
(SK, I/M) This episode is a fast-paced mixture of performance and interviews filmed across Saskatchewan. The performers share their personal histories, philosophies, influences, and explorations of a distinct prairie musical culture. Performers include Connie Kaldor, The Ewert Sisters, DUCT, Jon Ballantyne, Hart Rouge, Elk’s Whistle Drum Troupe, and The Waltons. An audiorecording of the music is available on compact disc and cassette from the Book Bureau.
Suggested Use: Music
Other Use: Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8; Choral: A30, B30, C30
Low Fire: Other Ways to Work in Clay
(Print-Non-Fiction). Nigrosh, Leon I. Davis Pubns., Inc. (FHW), 1980. 101 p. ISBN 0-87192-120-0 ($29.50 hdc.).
In a clearly written exploration of advantages and techniques for low fire pottery, the author encourages potters to experiment with colour and design. Black-and-white photographs and an eight-page colour insert illustrate chapter topics such as unfired clay products, sawdust firing, raku, earthenware, china painting, Egyptian paste, and terra sigillata. Included are a table of contents, a bibliography, and an index.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9
(Video/16 mm). National Film Board of Canada (NFB/MHP), 1991. 8 min. NFB - Order no. 1-0191-127 ($21.95). MHP - Loan order no. MP 20695.
(CAN) A sharply critical parody of the superficiality of those qualities that lead to popularity and power, this video features a short and unattractive man who develops an inert, but highly attractive lump on the top of his head. By buttoning his shirt over his face, he changes his life.
Suggested Use: Media Studies; Visual Art
Luxo Jr. / Red's Dream / Tin Toy
(Video). Direct Cinema (MGR), 1989. 15 min. Dup. order no. V9014.
These three programs are excellent examples of computer animation. Luxo Jr. features an endearing father-son team of Luxo lamps. Red’s Dream reveals what philosophers have long wondered: What do unicycles dream about on rainy nights? Tin Toy relates the humorous and alarming story of a wind-up toy’s encounter with a boisterous baby.
Suggested Use: Media Studies; Visual Art
(Video/16mm). National Film Board of Canada (NFB/MHP), 1988. 30 min. NFB - Order no. 1-0188-066 ($26.95). MHP - Loan order no. MP 20697.
(I/M, CAN) Inuit artist Lypa Pitsiulak uses his art to communicate what life on the land is like. This is a highly recommended film.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9