Australian National Gallery: An Introduction
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
When the Australian National Gallery opened its doors in Canberra in 1982, it represented not merely the inauguration of a building, but the crystallisation of a nation's artistic identity — and this landmark volume stands as its definitive inaugural companion. Edited by James Mollison and Laura Murray, with texts contributed by an impressive roster of scholars including Margaret Steven, Roger Johnson, Valda Leehy, Sasha Grishin, Patrick McCaughey, Tony Palmer, Michael Lloyd, Michael Wardell, Ian North, Piriya Krairiksh, Douglas Newton, Ruth McNicoll, and Daniel Thomas, the work presents a sweeping survey of the Gallery's founding collections, spanning Australian art, European masters, Asian antiquities, and Pacific cultural treasures. Each contributing scholar brings specialist authority to their respective domain, rendering this anthology an indispensable reference for anyone seeking to understand the breadth and ambition of the Gallery's original acquisitions. The collective voices assembled here illuminate not only individual works of art but the curatorial philosophy that shaped one of the Southern Hemisphere's most significant public institutions. A document of both art history and national cultural policy, this introduction raises a compelling question: what does a nation's choice of art reveal about its sense of itself?
Author: James Mollison And Laura Murray
Format: Hardback
Published: 1982, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
When the Australian National Gallery opened its doors in Canberra in 1982, it represented not merely the inauguration of a building, but the crystallisation of a nation's artistic identity — and this landmark volume stands as its definitive inaugural companion. Edited by James Mollison and Laura Murray, with texts contributed by an impressive roster of scholars including Margaret Steven, Roger Johnson, Valda Leehy, Sasha Grishin, Patrick McCaughey, Tony Palmer, Michael Lloyd, Michael Wardell, Ian North, Piriya Krairiksh, Douglas Newton, Ruth McNicoll, and Daniel Thomas, the work presents a sweeping survey of the Gallery's founding collections, spanning Australian art, European masters, Asian antiquities, and Pacific cultural treasures. Each contributing scholar brings specialist authority to their respective domain, rendering this anthology an indispensable reference for anyone seeking to understand the breadth and ambition of the Gallery's original acquisitions. The collective voices assembled here illuminate not only individual works of art but the curatorial philosophy that shaped one of the Southern Hemisphere's most significant public institutions. A document of both art history and national cultural policy, this introduction raises a compelling question: what does a nation's choice of art reveal about its sense of itself?