{"product_id":"2026200014776-secondhand-place-taste-and-tradition-a-study-of-australian-art-since-1788","title":"Place, Taste And Tradition: A Study Of Australian Art Since 1788","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the sun-bleached landscapes of colonial settlement to the bold experimentations of the modern era, Place, Taste and Tradition: A Study of Australian Art since 1788 presents a sweeping and authoritative chronicle of Australian visual art, tracing its development from the earliest days of European colonisation through to the twentieth century. Bernard Smith argues with precision and clarity that Australian art cannot be understood in isolation — it is a product of the tension between imported European sensibilities and the raw, inescapable reality of a vast and unfamiliar continent, shaping a visual culture that is both derivative and defiantly original.\n\nSmith's scholarship is rigorous yet accessible, grounding aesthetic analysis in broader social, political, and economic forces that shaped the nation's cultural identity. His prose carries the authority of a historian and the sensitivity of a critic, illuminating how successive generations of Australian artists negotiated questions of place, belonging, and cultural legitimacy. First published in 1945 and widely regarded as a landmark text in Australian art history, this work remains an indispensable reference for anyone seeking to understand why Australian art looks the way it does — and what it truly means to paint a land still finding its own voice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49269342437595,"sku":"2026200014776-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/671e7990-1168-4245-94c2-488224c4a7fe.png?v=1788998745","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014776-secondhand-place-taste-and-tradition-a-study-of-australian-art-since-1788","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}