Illustrating the Antipodes

Illustrating the Antipodes
Author: Philip Jones
Publisher:
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2021-08
Genre: Aboriginal Australians
ISBN: 9780642279507

George French Angas (1822-1886) spent 18 months sketching and observing in Australia and New Zealand between 1844 and 1845. It was a period of decisive and irreversible cultural change. The young Angas excelled at capturing the minute detail of plants and people, objects and landscapes, and rapidly assembled a portfolio of 250 fine watercolours. In this fully illustrated volume, Philip Jones has used Angas's sketches, watercolours, lithographs and journal accounts to retrace his Antipodean journeys in vivid detail. Set in the context of his time, Angas emerges both as a brilliant artist and as a flawed Romantic idealist, rebelling against his father's mercantilism while entirely reliant upon the colonial project enabling him to depict pre- and early colonial ways of life.

Republic of Images

Republic of Images
Author: Alan Williams
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 478
Release: 1992-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780674762688

Chronicling one of the most popular national cinemas, this book traces the evolution of French filmmaking from 1895 - the year of the debut of the Cinematographe in Paris - to the present day. Williams offers a synthesis of history, biography, aesthetics and film theory.

White on Black

White on Black
Author: Geoffrey Dutton
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1974
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Discusses early explorers & artists attitudes to natives, differing national attitudes of British & French, analysis of painting styles & ways in which Aborigines are depicted; includes notes on cartoons, notes on artists & paintings.

The Whole Art of Marbling As Applied to Paper, Book Edges, Etc

The Whole Art of Marbling As Applied to Paper, Book Edges, Etc
Author: C. W. Woolnough
Publisher:
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2019-05-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781732659513

This newly-designed volume of C. W. Woolnough's classic book, "The Whole Art of Marbling as applied to Paper, Book Edges, Etc.," has been printed in color. The publisher has included a timeline of Woolnough's publications and annotated with footnotes throughout to clarify obscure details.

Our Own Matilda

Our Own Matilda
Author: Barbara Wall
Publisher: Wakefield Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 1994
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781862543294

Biography of successful Australian novelist, who published under the name 'Maud Jeanne Franc'. Discusses her life in South Australia and provides detailed analyses of her writings. Includes an annotated bibliography of her work, a list of the writings of her brother, Henry John Congreve, and an index. The author is an English teacher whose other publications include 'The Narrators Voice: The Dilemma of Children's Fiction'.

Out of Place

Out of Place
Author: Philip Goldswain
Publisher: Apollo Books
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2014
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781742585543

This collection of essays explores historical, geographical, and cultural factors that contribute to our understanding of places and settings of Australian transient communities. From Gwalia and Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, Charters Towers in Queensland, Broken Hill in New South Wales, and Queenstown in Tasmania, the places provide opportunity to revisit sites of history from the different angles of architecture, landscape theory, social history, and visual arts. They also provide a springboard for thinking through the pressing issues of contemporary Australians and counterparts in other 'post-settler' societies. [Subject: Australian Studies, History]