Australia

Book 2013

Marking the first major survey of Australian art in the United Kingdom for 50 years, this catalogue spans more than 200 years from 1800 to the present day and seeks to uncover the fascinating social and cultural evolution of a nation through its art. Two hundred works including painting, drawing, photography, watercolours and multimedia will shed light on a period of rapid and intense change; from the impact of colonisation on an indigenous peopl...

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ISBN:

9781907533457

Description:

317 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly colour), color map ; 29 cm

Notes:

"First published on the occasion of the exhibition Australia, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 21 September-8 December 2013. Organised with the National Gallery of Australia"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Australia : an introduction / Kathleen Soriano
Dead heart, live heart / Thomas Keneally
Chronolgy
Country : aboriginal art / Wally Caruana and Franchesca Cubillo
Land and landscape : the colonial encounter 1800-80 / Ron Radford
Art nation : Australian landscape 1880-1920 / Anne Gray
Australian landscape : pathways into the modern world 1920-50 / Deborah Hart
Elizabethan post-colonial 1950-2013 / Daniel Thomas

LCCN:

2014469356

Control Number:

1063556

Other Authors:

Keneally, Thomas, author
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain), host institution, publisher

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