Australian Art And Architecture: Essays Presented To Bernard Smith
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
A landmark tribute to one of Australia's most influential art historians, Australian Art and Architecture: Essays Presented to Bernard Smith brings together a rich collection of scholarly writings that honour the intellectual legacy of a man who fundamentally shaped how Australians understand their own cultural heritage. Edited by Anthony Bradley and Terry Smith, this prestigious Festschrift gathers contributions from leading art historians, critics, and architects, each addressing pivotal moments, movements, and figures within the broader canvas of Australian visual culture and built environment. The essays range across colonial painting, modernist architecture, critical theory, and national identity, presenting a panoramic survey of Australian artistic achievement that is as rigorous as it is illuminating. Bernard Smith's own career — marked by groundbreaking works on European vision and the South Pacific, as well as the seminal Australian Painting — cast a long shadow over the discipline, and the contributors here rise to meet his exacting intellectual standards. The collection stands as an essential reference for anyone seeking to understand the historiography of Australian art, situating local practice within global currents of modernism, colonialism, and cultural nationalism. Whether read as a coherent argument or mined for individual insights, this volume rewards the serious reader with perspectives that continue to resonate decades after its first publication — leaving one to wonder how much of Australia's artistic identity still remains to be written.
Author: Anthony Bradley & Terry Smith
Format: Hardback
Published: 1980, Oxford University Press
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
A landmark tribute to one of Australia's most influential art historians, Australian Art and Architecture: Essays Presented to Bernard Smith brings together a rich collection of scholarly writings that honour the intellectual legacy of a man who fundamentally shaped how Australians understand their own cultural heritage. Edited by Anthony Bradley and Terry Smith, this prestigious Festschrift gathers contributions from leading art historians, critics, and architects, each addressing pivotal moments, movements, and figures within the broader canvas of Australian visual culture and built environment. The essays range across colonial painting, modernist architecture, critical theory, and national identity, presenting a panoramic survey of Australian artistic achievement that is as rigorous as it is illuminating. Bernard Smith's own career — marked by groundbreaking works on European vision and the South Pacific, as well as the seminal Australian Painting — cast a long shadow over the discipline, and the contributors here rise to meet his exacting intellectual standards. The collection stands as an essential reference for anyone seeking to understand the historiography of Australian art, situating local practice within global currents of modernism, colonialism, and cultural nationalism. Whether read as a coherent argument or mined for individual insights, this volume rewards the serious reader with perspectives that continue to resonate decades after its first publication — leaving one to wonder how much of Australia's artistic identity still remains to be written.