- Bib ID:
- 4925433
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- National Gallery of Australia
- Description:
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- Canberra : National Gallery of Australia, c2010
- 256 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 map, ports. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0642334145
- Invalid ISBN:
- 9780642334145
- Summary:
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The NGA holds the largest collection of Australian Indigenous art in the world. Written by Indigenous authors, curators and other experts in the field, this book features 183 works of art which highlight the diversity, richness and excellence of the Gallery's collection including rare 19th century objects.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction
- The Aboriginal Memorial
- 19th-century objects
- Early Western Desert paintings
- Desert paintings after 1975
- The Kimberley
- Bark paintings and sculpture before 1980
- Hermannsburg School - Gordon & Marilyn Darling Gallery
- Textiles
- Prints and drawings
- North Queensland and Top End after 1980
- Torres Strait Islands
- Urban art
- Glossary.
- Notes:
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- "Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art : collection highlights"--Orange paper band around book.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-244) and index.
- Subject:
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- National Gallery of Australia -- Catalogs
- Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Catalogs
- Art, Torres Strait Islander -- Catalogs
- Art, Australian -- Aboriginal artists
- Aboriginal Australians -- Material culture
- Art - Textiles
- Art - Painting - Watercolour
- Art - Drawing
- Art - Print and printmaking
- Art - Painting
- Art - Painting - Bark
- Art - Sculpture
- Torres Strait Islands (Qld TSI SC54, SC55-05)
- Arnhem Land (NT)
- Western Desert (WA SF51, SF52, SG51, SG52)
- Kimberley area (WA SD51, SD52, SE51, SE52)
- Queensland Far North Cape York (Qld SC54)
- Other authors/contributors:
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- Also Titled:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art
- Terms of Use:
- © National Gallery of Australia, 2010.
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