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Sir Oswald Walters Brierly's First Arrival Of White Men Amongst The Islands Of The Louisiade Archipelago / Rüdiger Joppien -- Early And High Victorian: The Gothic Revival Architecture Of Edmund Thomas Blacket And John Horbury Hunt / Joan Kerr -- William Strutt: Some Problems Of A Colonial History Painter In The Nineteenth Century / Heather Curnow -- Walter Vernon: A Change In The Style Of Government Architecture / Peter Moroney -- Speaking To The Eye: Painting, Photography, And The Popular Illustrated Press In Australia, 1850-1900 / Peter Quartermaine -- Ashton, Roberts, And Bayliss: Some Relationships Between Illustration, Painting, And Photography In The Late Nineteenth Century / Nigel Lendon -- Beating About The Bush: The Landscapes Of The Heidelberg School / Ian Burn -- The Divided Meaning Of Shearing The Rams / Terry Smith -- Aestheticism In Australia / Ann Galbally -- Emanuel Phillips Fox: St Ives And The Impact Of British Art, 1890-1892 / Ruth Zubans -- The Everard Studley Miller Bequest / Ursula Hoff -- Norman Lindsay And The Australian Renaissance / Ursula Prunster -- Jimmy's Brief Lives / Humphrey Mcqueen -- Metaphors Of Scientific Idealism: The Theoretical Background To The Paintings Of Ralph Balson / Bruce Adams -- Utzon's Sydney Opera House / Lucy Grace Ellem -- The Artist In Extremis, Arthur Boyd 1972-73 / Patrick Mccaughey -- The Published Works Of Bernard Smith: A Bibliography / Anthony Bradley. Edited By Anthony Bradley And Terry Smith. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [221]-232
This collection of essays investigates the development and distinct characteristics of Australian visual culture and architectural history through the lens of scholarly critique. Edited by Anthony Bradley and Terry Smith, the volume serves as a festschrift honoring Bernard Smith, a prominent historian of Australian art. The contributors utilize primary source analysis and historical contextualization to examine how colonial and post-colonial influences shaped the nation's aesthetic identity.
What You Will Find
Scholars and art historians frequently cite this volume as a foundational text for understanding the evolution of Australian aesthetic traditions. The prose maintains a high level of academic rigor, making it a standard reference for students and researchers in the field of colonial art history.
Page Count:
257
Publication Date:
1981-03-19
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0195505883
ISBN-13:
9780195505887
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