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Aboriginal art : Howard Morphy.

Author(s): Morphy, Howard

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Main Title: Aboriginal art
Author(s): Morphy, Howard
Publisher: London : Phaidon, 1998.
Collation: 447 pages : illustrations (some color), maps
22 cm.
ISBN: 9780714837529
Dewey Class: 704.039915
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.
Language: English
Subject: Art, Aboriginal Australian.
BRN: 9489

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