Australian ArtThis comprehensive survey uniquely covers both Aboriginal art and that of European Australians, providing a revealing examination of the interaction between the two. Painting, bark art, photography, rock art, sculpture, and the decorative arts are all fully explored to present the rich texture of Australian art traditions. Well-known artists such as Margaret Preston, Rover Thomas, and Sidney Nolan are all discussed, as are the natural history illustrators, Aboriginal draughtsmen, and pastellists, whose work is only now being brought to light by new research. Taking the European colonization of the continent in 1788 as his starting point, Sayers highlights important issues concerning colonial art and women artists in this fascinating new story of Australian art. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Art and the Dreaming | 9 |
The Lines of Empire 17881835 | 23 |
The Pursuit of Knowledge 183570 43 | 70 |
Colonial Artworlds 185188 59 | 79 |
Art and Decorative Art 18901920 | 99 |
Art between the Wars 191939 | 121 |
Aboriginal Art and its Reception 193449 | 141 |
Icon and Abstraction 195168 | 175 |
Contemporary Art 196899 | 197 |
Notes | 222 |
Timeline | 230 |
Further Reading | 238 |
Websites | 241 |
List of Illustrations | 242 |
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Common terms and phrases
Aboriginal art Aboriginal artists abstract Adelaide Albert Namatjira Arnhem Land Art Gallery Art in Australia Art of Australia Arthur Streeton Australian art Australian artists Australian landscape Australian painting Baldwin Spencer bark bark-paintings Boyd bush Buvelot Canberra Cazneaux collection colonial colour composition Contemporary Art Coranderrk Courtesy of Art Courtesy of National created decades decorative depiction described developed drawings early engravings established Eugene von Guérard European exhibition expedition figures Flinders Gallery of Australia Gallery of South Gallery of Victoria Grace Cossington Smith Groote Eylandt Harbour Heidelberg Hermannsburg Heysen Hobart illustrated images included indigenous interest Island journey Lindsay London Margaret Preston Melbourne modern motifs Mountford Museum Namatjira National Gallery natural-history nature nineteenth century Oil on canvas painter Papunya Photo photographs portrait Roberts rock art sculpture settlement Sidney Nolan South Australia South Wales story Strutt style subjects Surrealism Sydney Tasmania Tom Roberts traditional twentieth century watercolours Western William