| Description |
x, 227 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Analysis |
Animal painters. Biography |
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Birds. Australia. Pictorial works |
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Ornithological illustration. History |
| Notes |
Collector's edition consists of 375 numbered copies, cloth-bound, gold-embossed, in slipcase |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 213-219 |
| Notes |
Penny Olsen 2001 |
| Subject |
Birds Australia -- Pictorial works.
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Animal painters -- Biography.
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Animal painters -- Australia -- Biography.
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Birds in art -- History.
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Birds -- Australia -- Pictorial works.
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Art, Australian -- History.
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Ornithological illustration -- History.
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Ornithological illustration -- Australia -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Illustrated works.
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| Author |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
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| ISBN |
0643065474 (Standard edition) |
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0643065482 (limited edition) |
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9780643065475 |
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9780643065482 (limited edition) |
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