City Bushmen: The Heidelberg School and the Rural MythologyThe Heidelberg School was the name given to a circle of 19th century Australian artists, led by Tom Roberts, whose figure paintings expressed deeply rooted human fears, wishes, and preoccupations. This comprehensive overview examines the art in a social and cultural context and reveals how the paintings helped to develop the rural mythology extant in Australia at the time. |
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WHAT SHOULD AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS PAINT? | 5 |
MELBOURNE IN THE 1870s AND 1880s | 15 |
THE POPULAR IMAGE | 43 |
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