Aboriginal art /
Morphy, Howard,
Aboriginal art / Howard Morphy. - 447 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 22 cm. - Art & ideas . - Art & ideas. .
Cover title.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 434-439) and index.
A journey to recognition: the 'discovery' of Aboriginal art -- A lasting record: rock art as history -- Foundations: art, religion and the Dreaming -- A totemic landscape: art, maps and people -- The kinship of art: art and society -- The power of art: art, ritual and aesthetics -- Engaging the other: art and the survival of Aboriginal society -- Transformations: the contemporary art of central Australia -- Settler Australia: the survival of art in adversity -- Documents of change: the art of William Barak and Tommy McRae -- Contemporary developments: Aboriginal art and the avant-garde.
0714837520 9780714837529
99187473
Art, Aboriginal Australian
N7401 / .M65 1998
704.039915
Aboriginal art / Howard Morphy. - 447 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 22 cm. - Art & ideas . - Art & ideas. .
Cover title.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 434-439) and index.
A journey to recognition: the 'discovery' of Aboriginal art -- A lasting record: rock art as history -- Foundations: art, religion and the Dreaming -- A totemic landscape: art, maps and people -- The kinship of art: art and society -- The power of art: art, ritual and aesthetics -- Engaging the other: art and the survival of Aboriginal society -- Transformations: the contemporary art of central Australia -- Settler Australia: the survival of art in adversity -- Documents of change: the art of William Barak and Tommy McRae -- Contemporary developments: Aboriginal art and the avant-garde.
0714837520 9780714837529
99187473
Art, Aboriginal Australian
N7401 / .M65 1998
704.039915