The Australian Scapegoat: Towards An Antipodean Aesthetic (SIGNED)
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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What does it mean to forge a truly Australian aesthetic in the shadow of European tradition — and can the Antipodes ever escape the cultural assumptions imposed upon it from afar? In The Australian Scapegoat: Towards an Antipodean Aesthetic, Peter Fuller confronts this provocative question head-on, arguing that Australian art and culture have long been burdened by a colonial inheritance that simultaneously defines and diminishes them. Drawing on a rich command of art history, philosophy, and cultural theory, Fuller presents a sharp, intellectually rigorous critique of the conditions under which Australian artistic identity has struggled to emerge, mapping the tensions between landscape, nationalism, and the persistent gravitational pull of the Old World. Fuller — celebrated British art critic and founding editor of Modern Painters — brings his characteristically combative and eloquent style to bear on the question of cultural self-determination in the Southern Hemisphere. His analysis illustrates how geography, psychology, and politics converge to shape a nation's creative consciousness, challenging both Australian artists and their audiences to reckon with what an authentically antipodean vision might truly demand. At once a work of cultural diagnosis and creative provocation, this volume leaves the reader asking whether Australia's artistic identity is still waiting to be fully born.
Author: Peter Fuller
Format: Paperback
Published: 1986, University of Western Australia Press
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What does it mean to forge a truly Australian aesthetic in the shadow of European tradition — and can the Antipodes ever escape the cultural assumptions imposed upon it from afar? In The Australian Scapegoat: Towards an Antipodean Aesthetic, Peter Fuller confronts this provocative question head-on, arguing that Australian art and culture have long been burdened by a colonial inheritance that simultaneously defines and diminishes them. Drawing on a rich command of art history, philosophy, and cultural theory, Fuller presents a sharp, intellectually rigorous critique of the conditions under which Australian artistic identity has struggled to emerge, mapping the tensions between landscape, nationalism, and the persistent gravitational pull of the Old World. Fuller — celebrated British art critic and founding editor of Modern Painters — brings his characteristically combative and eloquent style to bear on the question of cultural self-determination in the Southern Hemisphere. His analysis illustrates how geography, psychology, and politics converge to shape a nation's creative consciousness, challenging both Australian artists and their audiences to reckon with what an authentically antipodean vision might truly demand. At once a work of cultural diagnosis and creative provocation, this volume leaves the reader asking whether Australia's artistic identity is still waiting to be fully born.