Thursday, July 31, 2008

Canadian History Through the Art of Norval Morrisseau (Part II)

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- The Arrival of Christianity
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"The Coming of the Black Robe", © 1977 Norval Morrisseau
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"When the Jesuits came, the Indian was already around. The Indian did not understand them. He tried to understand them, what they were up to. He knew that they were going to be there for awhile. He knew how sad it was, seeing his people, how low they were put, how they had previously enjoyed living and needed to live freely again. How do we go about doing that now? We need images. We’re going to use images ourselves."
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Norval Morrisseau
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Reference posting: Canadian History Through the Art of Norval Morrisseau (Part I)
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* The painting in this posting: "The Coming of the Black Robe", 46"x71", © 1977 Norval Morrisseau /Private Collection/

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