{"product_id":"9781921330384-secondhand-arthur-boyd-brides","title":"Arthur Boyd Brides","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark work in Australian art history, Arthur Boyd Brides presents one of the most haunting and emotionally charged series in twentieth-century painting, chronicling Boyd's celebrated sequence of Bride paintings that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s. The collection illustrates Boyd's deeply symbolic visual language, in which brides — often depicted in stark, unsettling landscapes — serve as powerful metaphors for innocence, cultural displacement, and the fraught relationship between settler and Indigenous Australia. With a tone that is both lyrical and confrontational, the work uncovers the psychological and spiritual tensions that defined Boyd's artistic vision, drawing on influences ranging from Chagall to the Australian bush tradition. Richly reproduced and accompanied by critical commentary, it stands as an essential document for anyone seeking to understand the moral and aesthetic ambitions of one of Australia's most significant painters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48792137695451,"sku":"9781921330384-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/20739816-fee1-4687-9f7a-c83841713ecd.png?v=1779272597","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781921330384-secondhand-arthur-boyd-brides","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}