| Description |
319 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 30 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: assimilation -- 1. A history of Aboriginal art -- 2. Imagining Albert Namatjira -- 3. Indigenous renaissance -- 4. Creative revolution -- 5. The art of Les Griggs -- 6. The art of Lin Onus -- Postscript: creative transformation -- Catalogue: selected works of Les Griggs and Lin Onus |
| Summary |
A rare presentation of aspects of the history of Aboriginal art from an Aboriginal perspective, and provides fresh ways of understanding Aboriginal experience |
| Analysis |
All Australian Indigenous Material |
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Art of indigenous peoples (Australia) |
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History of art |
| Notes |
"Published with assisstance of a grant from Colonial Foundation Trust"---T.p. verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
General |
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Tertiary/Undergraduate |
| Notes |
Geographic coverage: Australia |
| Subject |
Griggs, Les, 1958-1993 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Griggs, Les, 1958-1993.
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Leslie, Donna., 1963-
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Namatjira, Albert, 1902-1959 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Namatjira, Albert, 1902-1959.
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Onus, Lin, 1948-1996 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Onus, Lin, 1948-1996.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Cultural assimilation.
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Art and society -- Australia.
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Art, Aboriginal Australian -- History.
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Art, Aboriginal Australian.
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Art, Australian -- Aboriginal artists
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Art, Australian -- History.
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Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Australia -- Influence.
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Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.)
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Artists, Aboriginal Australian.
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Assimilation (Sociology) -- Australia -- History -- 20th century.
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Painters -- Australia -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Painting, Australian -- Aboriginal artists -- Technique
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Race discrimination -- Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Griggs, Les, 1958-1993.
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Namatjira, Albert, 1902-1959.
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Onus, Lin, 1948-1996.
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| ISBN |
1921394005 |
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9781921394003 |
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