Aboriginal art /
Caruana, Wally,
Aboriginal art / Wally Caruana. - 216 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 21 cm. - World of art . - World of art. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 209) and index.
Introduction -- Patterns of power: Arnhem Land and its surrounds -- The art of place and journey: the desert -- Land of the Wandjina: the Kimberley -- Diversity: North Queensland and the Torres Strait Islands -- Artists in the town and city -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Select Bibliography -- List of Illustrations -- Glossary -- Index. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6.
Survey of the work of Australia's indigenous artists which shows how the events of the Dreaming and their significance are embodied in artistic works covering a wide range of media from painting and sculpture to printmaking and textile design. Features numerous colour and black-and-white plates, a bibliography, a list of illustrations, a glossary and an index. The author has been the curator of Aboriginal Art at the Australian National Gallery since 1984.
0500202648 9780500202647
92062140
Art, Aboriginal Australian
N7401 / .C37 1993
704.039915
Aboriginal art / Wally Caruana. - 216 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 21 cm. - World of art . - World of art. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 209) and index.
Introduction -- Patterns of power: Arnhem Land and its surrounds -- The art of place and journey: the desert -- Land of the Wandjina: the Kimberley -- Diversity: North Queensland and the Torres Strait Islands -- Artists in the town and city -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Select Bibliography -- List of Illustrations -- Glossary -- Index. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6.
Survey of the work of Australia's indigenous artists which shows how the events of the Dreaming and their significance are embodied in artistic works covering a wide range of media from painting and sculpture to printmaking and textile design. Features numerous colour and black-and-white plates, a bibliography, a list of illustrations, a glossary and an index. The author has been the curator of Aboriginal Art at the Australian National Gallery since 1984.
0500202648 9780500202647
92062140
Art, Aboriginal Australian
N7401 / .C37 1993
704.039915