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Feather and brush : three centuries of Australian bird art / Penny Olsen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, 2001Edition: Collector's editionDescription: x, 227 pages : illustrations ; 31 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0643065482
  • 9780643065482
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 598.0222 21
LOC classification:
  • ND1383.A8 O48 2001
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
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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