Useless beauty : flowers and Australian art /

The story of Australian art does not begin and end with landscape. This book puts flowers front and centre, because they have often been ignored in preference for more masculine themes.Departing from where studies of single flower artists leave off, Useless Beauty embraces the general topic of flowe...

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Huvudupphovsman: Elias, Ann, 1933-
Materialtyp: Bok
Språk:English
Publicerad: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
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Sammanfattning:The story of Australian art does not begin and end with landscape. This book puts flowers front and centre, because they have often been ignored in preference for more masculine themes.Departing from where studies of single flower artists leave off, Useless Beauty embraces the general topic of flowers in Australian art and shines new light on a slice of Australian art history that extends from 1880 to 1950. It is the first book of broad chronology to discuss Australian art through blossoms, which it does by addressing stories of major figures including Hans Heysen, Margaret Preston and Sidney.
Fysisk beskrivning:1 online resource
Bibliografi:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781443884570
144388457X