Download or read book The Icon in Canada written by Robert Bogdan Klymasz and published by Canadian Museum of History. This book was released on 1996 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Separated from its origins in the Old World, Eastern Christian iconography in Canada has come to enjoy a popular following from coast to coast. The present volume documents this living tradition from a variety of perspectives to offer the first national survey of its kind. Here folklorists join with art historians, anthropologists, a scientist, a theologian, enthusiasts and iconographers to underscore the richness of a phenomenon that continues to captivate large segments of the country's population.