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Art in Australia: From Colonization to Postmodernism
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Art in Australia: From Colonization to Postmodernism Paperback - 1997

by Christopher Allen

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Does Australian art have a history or is it just a series of belated footnotes to European and American artistic development? This compelling study argues that because of the objective conditions of a society transplanted to a remote and strange place, art acquired a subtly different meaning, as old resources were applied to new problems. 180 illus. 60 in color.

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Does Australian art have a history or is it just a series of belated footnotes to European and American artistic development in the last two centuries? Does it always express some essential "Australian sensibility"? Christopher Allen's book argues that Australian art does have a history of its own from the beginning, not because of an inherent "Australianness," but because of the objective conditions of a society transplanted to a remote and strange place. Artists brought with them current European styles, but everything acquired a subtly different meaning in this new setting, as old resources were applied to new problems. The starting point of Australian art history, as of Australian history in general, is the question of inhabiting a new continent. From the colonist trying to form an image of home in a foreign landscape to the postmodernist discovering in Australia the epitome of a homeless condition, it has rarely been absent from the most important art.

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  • Title Art in Australia: From Colonization to Postmodernism
  • Author Christopher Allen
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Thames & Hudson, London, United Kingdom
  • Publication date 1997-07
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780500203019 / 0500203016
  • Weight 1.04 lbs (0.47 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.18 x 5.81 x 0.58 in (20.78 x 14.76 x 1.47 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Oceania
  • Category Art & Art Instruction
  • Library of Congress subjects Art, Australian, Art - Australia
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 96-61173
  • Dewey Decimal Code 709.94
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London: Thames & Hudson; World of Art Ser., 1997. 224 pages, 178 illustrations (some colour); 21 cm. Good+. Marginalia on one page, otherwise tight & clean. A good reading copy for the thrifty scholar. *** "This book traces the history of the art made by the settlers of Australia. From the colonials trying to re-create the image of home in a foreign landscape to the postmodernist artists confronting and defining the homelessness of Australia, the meaning of 'Australia' may have shifted, but it has never been exhausted. In this new critical overview, Christopher Allen surveys the art of Australia in six provocative chapters focusing on artists and artistic movements against the back ground of Colonization, Settlement, Unsettlement, The Uninhabitable, Escape Routes and Homeless. A time line and a bibliography provide essential reference." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: 1. Colonization; 2. Settlement; 3. Unsettlement; 4. The Uninhabitable; 5. Escape Routes; 6. Homeless.. Paperback.… Read more
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