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Finding introductory material
Use this guide to find information about Australian Art, from Indigenous Australian Art, to Colonial or Modern Australian Art.
Consult introductory material for a broad overview of your issue or topic, and to identify key concepts, theories and researchers in the field. Introductory material may include:
- Subject or discipline specific dictionaries and encyclopedias
- Handbooks
- Companions
- Introductions
- Guides
- Histories
Find introductory material by combining a topic keyword with one of the material type descriptors above, e.g. "Australian art" handbook.
These are some examples of introductory material available for this subject in the Library. This list is not extensive, you should perform your own search to see what else is available in our collections.
The Cambridge companion to Australian art by From rock art to Australian modernism, from bark paintings to the Heidelberg School, The Cambridge Companion to Australian Art provides a wide-ranging overview of the movements, themes and media found in Australian art. This Companion features essays that explore the influence of different cultures on Australian art, written by some of the leading scholars and professionals working in the field.
The Oxford companion to Aboriginal art and culture by Provides a wide-ranging reference to Indigenous Australian art, covering historical traditions and contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art practices.
A Companion to Australian Art by Art in the Australian continent has two very different stories, which have become intertwined in recent times but can never be reduced to a single narrative. The first of these, of course, is the story of the art produced by the original inhabitants of the land, who came here tens of thousands of years before the Neolithic Revolution and the beginning of urban life in the northern hemisphere, and whose way of life seems to have remained remarkably stable, all but untouched by the history of the rest of humanity, until the beginning of British settlement at the end of the eighteenth century. The Aborigines are constantly present to varying degrees in the art and the consciousness of European Australians throughout the history of modern Australia, and so appear in many of the chapters of this book
Papunya painting: out of the desert by Presenting the National Museum of Australia's collection of Papunya Tula art, this volume situates these works in place and time, providing unique insight into the Papunya artists' lives and cultures, and how these were expressed.
World of Art Series Oceanic Art by Publication Date: 1995-05-01
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