Australian art : a history / Sasha Grishin
- Bib ID:
- 6225566
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Grishin, Sasha, author
- Description:
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- Carlton, Victoria : The Miegunyah Press, 2013
- ©2013
- xi, 570 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 31 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780522856521 (hardback)
- Summary:
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Provides an overview of the major developments in Australian art, from its origins to the present. The book commences with ancient Aboriginal rock art and early colonists' interpretations of their surroundings, and moves on to discuss the formation of an Australian identity through art, the shock of early modernism and the notorious Heide circle. It finishes with the popular recognition of modern Indigenous art and contemporary Australian art and its place in the world.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 514-545) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2013
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