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Anonymous,
Standing Female Figures, 1200–900 BCE
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Among the Flesh: Sculptural Representations of Motherhood, Motherland and Everything in Between

Sarah Amarica
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Anonymous,
Portrait of a Young Woman
, beginning of 2nd c. CE
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Chloé Bergeron, Lucille, 2015
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School of Moscow with Northern influences, Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God, second half of 16th century
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Geneviève Grenier, Fémelot, 2015
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Anonymous,
Virgin and Child
, 16th c.
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Among the Flesh: Sculptural Representations of Motherhood, Motherland and Everything in Between

Sarah Amarica
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Hendrick de Clerck,
Moses Striking the Rock
, ca. 1590
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Hendrick de Clerck's Moses Striking the Rock: Turning Religion into a Myth

Alena Krasnikova
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Hendrick de Clerck,
Moses Striking the Rock
, ca. 1610
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Hendrick de Clerck's Moses Striking the Rock: Turning Religion into a Myth

Alena Krasnikova
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Bernardo Strozzi,
Eratosthenes Teaching in Alexandria
, ca. 1635
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Rise and Stand Up: Renditions of Education in Art

Camille Devaux
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Jusepe de Ribera,
Saint Joseph
, ca. 1635
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Changing Fathers and Spirituality: The Case of Christian Jorhan the Elder’s Saint Joseph and the Christ Child

Daniel Santiago Sáenz
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Herman Meindertsz Doncker,
Three Children
, ca. 1645
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The Miniature Adult: The Evolution of Children’s Clothing and the Concept of Childhood from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries

Georges-Étienne Carrière
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Nicolaes Maes,
The Adoration of the Shepherds
, 1658
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Warm Lights: An Analysis of Nicolaes Maes’s The Adoration of the Shepherds (1658) in Relation to Protestantism

Camille Devaux
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Jonathan Richardson the Elder, Self-Portrait with His Son, beginning of 18th c.
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Like Father, Like Son: Decoding the Relationship Between Parent and the Adult Child

Emilie Croning
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François de Troy,
Presumed Portrait of Madame de Franqueville and Her Children
, 1712
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Girlhood Innocence and Nature in the Nineteenth Century

Cecilia Erica Blume 
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The Miniature Adult: The Evolution of Children’s Clothing and the Concept of Childhood from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries

Georges-Étienne Carrière
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Shifting Interpretations of the Nuclear Family: Aristocracy, Conformity, Intimacy

Dina Georgaros
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Anonymous, Portrait of a Young Child, 1770–75 
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Multum en Parvo: Enclosing Memory within Miniature Portraiture

Sarah Riley Mathewson
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Christian Jorhan the Elder, Saint Joseph and the Christ Child, ca. 1780–90
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Changing Fathers and Spirituality: The Case of Christian Jorhan the Elder’s Saint Joseph and the Christ Child

Daniel Santiago Sáenz

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[discussion of statue] https://youtu.be/Cn9g91u8gxA

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John Raphael Smith, after James Northcote, A Visit to the Grandmother, 1785
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The Dichotomy Between Liberty and Control: The Book as a Social Narrative Device in Depictions of the Family

Kimberly Glassman
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Hubert Robert, Young Girls Dancing around an Obelisk, 1798
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The Romantic Landscape: Representations of Women and Girls in Landscape Painting

Sydney Pine
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Jacques Sablet the Younger, Family Portrait in front of a Harbour,1800
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The Miniature Adult: The Evolution of Children’s Clothing and the Concept of Childhood from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries

Georges-Étienne Carrière
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Sir David Wilkie, after Adriaen van Ostade, The Village School,ca. 1800–1803
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Rise and Stand Up: Renditions of Education in Art

Camille Devaux
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Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Children on Their Way Home from School, 1836
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Examining Children and the Landscape in Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller's Painting Children on Their Way Home from School

Sydney Pine
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The Dichotomy Between Liberty and Control: The Book as a Social Narrative Device in Depictions of the Family

Kimberly Glassman
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Théophile Hamel, Madame Charles-Hilaire Têtu, née Elizabeth O’Brien, and Her Son Eugène, 1841
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The Miniature Adult: The Evolution of Children’s Clothing and the Concept of Childhood from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries

Georges-Étienne Carrière
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Théophile Hamel, after Peter Paul Rubens, The Education of the Virgin, ca. 1845–46
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Rise and Stand Up: Renditions of Education in Art

Camille Devaux
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Haru no Kotobuki (New Year's Congratulations), between 1847 and 1852
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Contextualizing Haru no Kotobuki by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Isabelle Nguyen
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Jessica Saint-Onge, La famille, 2015, d’après Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Haru no Kotobuki (New Year's Congratulations), entre 1847 et 1852,

Louise Calté
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Henri Baron Leys, Charity, 1850
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Images of Poor and Destitute Boys in Nineteenth-Century Painting

Alena Krasnikova
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Anonymous, Elizabeth Sheldon Lyman and Her Two Daughters, Katherine and Susannah, ca. 1856
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Multum en Parvo: Enclosing Memory within Miniature Portraiture

Sarah Riley Mathewson

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Théodule Ribot, A Young Vendean, 1863
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Images of Poor and Destitute Boys in Nineteenth-Century Painting

Alena Krasnikova
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Théodule Ribot, The Morning Wash (The Children’s Home), ca. 1863
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Remembering: Multiple Repercussions of Political and Social Structures on Children

Kristina Parker
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Napoléon Bourassa, Portrait of Marie-Louise Globensky, the Future Mrs. Alexandre Lacoste (1849–1919), ca. 1864
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Portrait of a Young Girl

Alexandra Boucklos
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, L'île heureuse, ca. 1865–68
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The Romantic Landscape: Representations of Women and Girls in Landscape Painting

Sydney Pine
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Madame Fortin,
Bedspread, ca. 1873
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Romane Bladou, Gréasque, 2015, digital photograph

Sarah Riley Mathewson
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Albert Neuhuys,
The Happy Mother,
1874
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Rachel Freeman, Title,2015,fibres and sound installation

Isabelle Nguyen
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Véronique Guimond-Payette, Mamans, 2015
Kimberly Glassman
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Eugène Isabey,
After the Duel,
1875(?)
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Meaghan Tardif-Bennett, Rippled Regards, 2015

Kimberly Glassman
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Bernardus Johannes Blommers,
The Mother’s Joy
, ca. 1875
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Véronique Guimond-Payette, Mamans, 2015

Kimberly Glassman
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Anonymous,
Venus Arising from the Sea
,1875–99
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Among the Flesh: Sculptural Representations of Motherhood, Motherland and Everything in Between

Sarah Amarica
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Fernand Pelez,
Street Child
, 1880
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Images of Poor and Destitute Boys in Nineteenth-Century Painting

Alena Krasnikova
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir,
Head of a Neapolitan Girl
, 1881
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Portrait of a Young Girl

Alexandra Boucklos
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau,
Crown of Flowers
,1884
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A Silent Look for Help: The Ambiguous Gaze in William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s Crown of Flowers

Cecilia Erica Blume
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Girlhood Innocence and Nature in the Nineteenth Century

Cecilia Erica Blume
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Thérèse Schwartze, Mother and Her Children in Church, 1886
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The Dichotomy Between Liberty and Control: The Book as a Social Narrative Device in Depictions of the Family

Kimberly Glassman
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Charles Huot,
The Sewing Lesson
, 1886
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Charles Huot’s The Sewing Lesson: Education and Womanhood in Nineteenth-Century Representations of Needlework

Georges-Étienne Carrière
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir,
Young Girl with a Hat
, ca. 1890
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Portrait of a Young Girl

Alexandra Boucklos
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Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake,
The Annunciation
, 1896
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A New Vision of Mary in The Annunciation by Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake

Kristina Parker
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Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Côté, Shepherdess at Vallangoujard
(Seine-et-Oise)
, 1898
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The Romantic Landscape: Representations of Women and Girls in Landscape Painting

Sydney Pine
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Anonymous,
Manchu Bride’s Robe, late 19th c.
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The Biographies of Robes: Manchu Imperial Robes and the Politics of Representation, Social Division and Textile Production during the Late Qing Dynasty Period

Sarah Amarica
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Helen Galloway McNicoll,
Study of a Child
,ca. 1900
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Helen McNicoll's Study of a Child: An Exploration of Composition, Colour and Technique

Dina Georgaros
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Helen Galloway McNicoll,
Little Girl in Blue
, n.d.
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Helen McNicoll's Study of a Child: An Exploration of Composition, Colour and Technique

Dina Georgaros
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William Brymner,
Girl with a Dog, Lower Saint Lawrence
,1905
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Girlhood Innocence and Nature in the Nineteenth Century

Cecilia Erica Blume
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Egon Schiele,
Standing Female Nude
, 1917
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Orion Szydel, Exposed, 2015

Alena Krasnikova
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Beatrice Montizambert,
Portrait of a Young Girl
, 1918–1932
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Multum en Parvo: Enclosing Memory within Miniature Portraiture

Sarah Riley Mathewson
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John Lyman,
The Artist’s Father
, 1922
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Like Father, Like Son: Decoding the Relationship Between Parent and the Adult Child

Emilie Croning
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John Lyman,
Habiba (Young Tunisian Girl)
, ca. 1922
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Portrait of a Young Girl

Alexandra Boucklos
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Alfred Laliberté,
My Mother
,n.d.
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Lisa-Marie Savard, Grandmemitte,2014–15, video, 10:02 min
Sarah Amarica
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Prudence Heward,
Au théâtre
, 1928
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Deux sœurs Au théâtre, l’expression de la femme moderne et intellectuelle, réalisée par Prudence  Heward

Louise Calté
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George Platt Lynes,
Dancing Boys from “Four Saints in Three Acts,”
14 March 1934
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Fatine-Violette Sabiri, Devotions of Ecstasy, 2015

Camille Devaux
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Prudence Heward,
Indian Child, 1936
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Remembering: Multiple Repercussions of Political and Social Structures on Children

Kristina Parker
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Jacques Lipchitz,
The Rape of Europa
, 1938
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Among the Flesh: Sculptural Representations of Motherhood, Motherland and Everything in Between

Sarah Amarica
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Marie-Cécile Bouchard,
Interior of a Country Kitchen
, ca. 1945
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Clara Cousineau, Layers of Town, 2015

Isabelle Nguyen
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Sam Borenstein,
Self-Portrait Composition
,1946
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Like Father, Like Son: Decoding the Relationship Between Parent and the Adult Child

Emilie Croning
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Robert Roussil, La famille,1949
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La famille par Robert Roussil: Famille, maternité et nudité dans l’art moderne canadien

Louise Calté
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Joe Talirunili, Spring Camp, 1962
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Myths of the North: Challenging What it Means to be Canadian

Isabelle Nguyen
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Joe Talirunili, Untitled (Migration), 1964
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Among the Flesh: Sculptural Representations of Motherhood, Motherland and Everything in Between

Sarah Amarica
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Diane Arbus, A Young Brooklyn Family Going for a Sunday Outing, New York City, 1966
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Shifting Interpretations of the Nuclear Family: Aristocracy, Conformity, Intimacy

Dina Georgaros
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N.J. Sawatski, Autochtonic Landscape: Re-entry Without Lem Service, 1970
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Myths of the North: Challenging What it Means to be Canadian

Isabelle Nguyen
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Claire Beaugrand-Champagne,
La première communion, Montréal (projet Les enfants), série « Petits projets », 1971
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Photography and the Body of the Child in Twentieth-Century Quebec Catholicism: Documenting Children’s Role as Mediators Between Heaven and Earth

Daniel Santiago Sáenz

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Roger Charbonneau, Première communion, réception chez les Arnold, série « Les Quartiers populaires de Montréal », 1972–74
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Photography and the Body of the Child in Twentieth-Century Quebec Catholicism: Documenting Children’s Role as Mediators Between Heaven and Earth

Daniel Santiago Sáenz
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Roger Charbonneau, Première communion, réception chez les Arnold, 1972–74 by Daniel Saenz: https://youtu.be/ZIMv0VG3_h0


 


Clara Gutsche, Hélène Brisebois, with Aunt and Uncle, First Communion, from the Series “Milton Park,” 1972
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Photography and the Body of the Child in Twentieth-Century Quebec Catholicism: Documenting Children’s Role as Mediators Between Heaven and Earth

Daniel Santiago Sáenz
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Clara Gutsche, Janet Symmers, from the Series “Milton Park,” 1972
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Clara Gutsche: Portraits of Girlhood

Twyla Hatt
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Clara Gutsche, August 1975, from the Series “The Cencic Sisters,” 1975
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Clara Gutsche: Portraits of Girlhood

Twyla Hatt
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Clara Gutsche, Helen, from the Series “The Cencic Sisters,” 1975
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Clara Gutsche: Portraits of Girlhood

Twyla Hatt
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Clara Gutsche, Joanne, Helen, from the Series “The Cencic Sisters,” 1975
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Clara Gutsche: Portraits of Girlhood

Twyla Hatt
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Claire Beaugrand-Champagne, Accueil des réfugiés dans les baraques de l'armée canadienne, Longue Pointe, Québec, 16 avril 1980, série « Thien et Hung », 1980, print 2012
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Remembering: Multiple Repercussions of Political and Social Structures on Children

Kristina Parker
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Amanda Grzelak, Family Roots, 2015, direct application of dye and block printed pigment on cotton, Styrofoam inserts, hand and machine sewn

Alexandra Boucklos
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Jean-Michel Basquiat,
A Panel of Experts
, 1982
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Jean-Michel Basquiat: A Childlike Exploration among A Panel of Experts

Emilie Croning
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Jean-Michel Basquiat,
Seascape
, 1983
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Jean-Michel Basquiat: A Childlike Exploration among A Panel of Experts

Emilie Croning
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Claire Beaugrand-Champagne,
La leçon de catéchisme, Soeur Élisabeth et Sylvain, Prieuré Saint-Pie-X, Shawinigan, Québec (projet Prieuré Saint-Pie-X), série « Petits projets »
, 1988, print 2012
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Photography and the Body of the Child in Twentieth-Century Quebec Catholicism: Documenting Children’s Role as Mediators Between Heaven and Earth

Daniel Santiago Sáenz
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Marion Wagschal,
Artists and Children, 1988
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Shifting Interpretations of the Nuclear Family: Aristocracy, Conformity, Intimacy

Dina Georgaros
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Christian Boltanski, Reliquary, 1990
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Christian Boltanski’s Reliquary:
A Work on Mourning

Twyla Hatt
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Francis Macchiagodena, Transference, 2015

Twyla Hatt
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John Currin, Sister, 1992
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“Twin Sister” as Painting and Woman: An Analysis of John Currin’s Sister (1992)

Kimberly Glassman
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Clara Gutsche, Les Soeurs Adoratrices du Précieux-Sang, Nicolet, from “The Convent Series,” 1995
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Clara Gutsche: The Convent Series

Alexandra Boucklos
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Janieta Eyre, The Sisters Sophie and Sarah, 2001
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Isabelle Hayes, What If, 2015

Kimberly Glassman
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Justine Kurland, The Pale Serpent, 2003
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Sexing the Lute: Adolescent Sexuality and Gender Portrayal in Shary Boyle's The Lute Player

Sarah Riley Mathewson
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Annie Pootoogook, Composition (Family Eating Lunch), 2005–6
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Myths of the North: Challenging What it Means to be Canadian

Isabelle Nguyen
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Alissa Hamilton, Inheritance, 2015, shibori fabric, gold wire, plaster.

Kristina Parker
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Isabelle Nguyen, Ong’s Room, 2015

Isabelle Nguyen
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Shary Boyle, Snowball, 2006
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Sexing the Lute: Adolescent Sexuality and Gender Portrayal in Shary Boyle's The Lute Player

Sarah Riley Mathewson
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Curtis-James Doherty, Aleida’s, 2015, wood, silk, tulle, porcelain, paper, projection film

Cecilia Erica Blume
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Carolyn Ligeza, Self-Portrait, 2015

Sarah Amarica
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Aydin Matlabi,
Child on Roof No. 2
, 2009
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Ruth Webber-Juggoo, The Early Bird and the Little Girl, 2015

Dina Georgaros
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Shary Boyle,
The Lute Player
, 2010
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Sexing the Lute: Adolescent Sexuality and Gender Portrayal in Shary Boyle's The Lute Player

Sarah Riley Mathewson
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Camille Durand Gauthier, Shells, 2015

Emilie Croning
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