TY  - BOOK
AU  - Olsen,Penny
TI  - Feather and brush: three centuries of Australian bird art 
SN  - 0643065482
AV  - ND1383.A8 O48 2001
U1  - 598.0222 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Melbourne
PB  - CSIRO Publishing
KW  - Ornithological illustration
KW  - History
KW  - Birds in art
KW  - Birds
KW  - Australia
KW  - Pictorial works
KW  - Animal painters
KW  - Biography
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -