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In our own image : the story of Australian art / Donald Williams.

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Name Williams, Donald (Donald Sidney)
Title In our own image : the story of Australian art / Donald Williams.
Portion of title In our own image.
Story of Australian art.
Edition 3rd ed.
Published Sydney : McGraw-Hill, c1995.
Description viii, 294 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
Notes Previous ed. : Sydney : McGraw-Hill, 1990.
Includes index.
CIP confirmed.
Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-269) and index.
Contents Art of the Australian Aborigine -- The penal colony 1788-1819 -- The colonial period 1819-50 -- Eureka 1850-80 -- The search for an identity 1880-1901 -- Federation and Art Nouveau 1901-10 -- Australians aboard 1911-20 -- Women artists and Modernism 1913-40 -- The dark years and the Depression 1933-50 -- Figurative versus Abstract 1951-60s -- Contemporary art 1960s-80s -- Towards a new identity 1980s-90s -- Twelve artists speak.
Summary "This book outlines the development of Australian painting, sculpture and architecture. It begins with a survey of Aboriginal art (both traditional and contemporary) then continues with an overview of Australian art from European colonisation to the present day. It also looks at Australian painting, sculpture and architecture of: multiculturalism, media and technology, and trading, education and communication links, also issues such as republicanism, child poverty, unemployment, homelessness and AIDS."--BOOK COVER.
Subjects Art, Australian
Art
Art, Australian -- History
Art, Australian
Art -- Australia -- History
Australia
Genre Children's nonfiction
History.
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