| Description |
447 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Art & ideas |
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Art & ideas.
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| Note |
Cover title. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 434-439) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Art, Aboriginal Australian.
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Aboriginal Australians.
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| ISBN |
0714837520 |
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