Seascapes are a pictorial genre and designate works which represent elements connected with the sea (lighthouse, boat, shore, beach, etc.). The painting of seascapes developed first with the Flemish and English during the 17th and 18th centuries.

The desire of the monarchs of Europe to demonstrate the strength of their naval fleets lay [Read more]

Siliceous pottery is characterized by its high silica content, a hard mineral found in nature. It was often used Egyptian art and could be colored before the hardening of the clay and silica mixture.

Soft pottery was the first to appear during the Neolithic. It owes its name to its argilo-sandy composition, easily scratched with steel, opaque, and not resistant to high baking temperatures.

Stained glass first appeared in Canada around 1850, a period when many churches in the country were acquiring works of glass to decorate their windows. The religious arts were then highly regarded, and soon many more places of worship had their own stained-glass windows of biblical scenes and characters.

Later, in the 20th century, [Read more]

Many historians consider Still-Life with Chair Caning as the first work of art which contains both painting and collage. Created by Pablo Picasso in 1912, it is composed of oil paint, fabric, and oilcloth, framed by a simple twined rope.

Although they amuse crowds with their often fantastic tales, storytellers do not generally make a living out of this. Most only do it out love of their roots and traditions, which they wish to hand down to the younger generations.

In Quebec, some manage, nevertheless, to carve out a place for themselves in the coveted spheres of show [Read more]