Feather and brush : three centuries of Australian bird art / Penny Olsen.
Material type: TextPublisher: Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, 2001Edition: Collector's editionDescription: x, 227 pages : illustrations ; 31 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0643065482
- 9780643065482
- 598.0222 21
- ND1383.A8 O48 2001
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 598.0222 OLS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A193826B |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. New lands, new birds, seaman and draughtsmen: 1600-1788 -- 3. The escape of natural history study, convicts and officers: 1788-1800 -- 4. Stirrings of an Australian sensibility, settlers and surveyors: 1800-1840, through distant eyes -- 5. A synergy of art and science, Gould and the cataloguers: 1840-1900 -- 6. Art and science estranged, inertia and a field guide: 1900-1950, illustration for field identification -- 7. Art and science regroup, conservationists: 1950-2000 -- 8. The contemporary artists.
This volume traces the 300-year history of bird art in Australia, from the crudely illustrated records of the earliest European voyages of discovery to the diversity of artwork available at the start of the 21st century. There are over 250 images representing 94 artists in the book.
Machine converted from AACR2 source record.
AUT Library holds copy no. 86 of a limited ed. of 375 copies.
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