In Our Own Image: The Story of Australian Art

This text explores the development of Australia’s identity and experience through the world of art.

Key Features:

• This text draws on a wide range of critical and historical sources
• Painting, photography and sculpture discussed in every chapter
• In Focus - A feature study in each chapter profiling either an artist, an artwork, architect or photographer and providing specific activities to explore and extend the topic
• Our House and Our City - a series of double-page spreads filtered through the book, which are snapshots of domestic and civil architecture throughout Australia’s history
• Critical and Historical investigations - graded activities in each chapter
• Chronological approach with themes woven throughout the text
• Highlighted glossary words/terms throughout the text
• Increased content on indigenous artists
• Increased content on women artists
• Accessible and lively writing style.

Contents:

• Chapter 1: Terra Australis before 1788
• Chapter 2: Art of the Colony 1788-1820
• Chapter 3: Eureka 1850-1880
• Chapter 4: Creating Australia 1880-1901
• Chapter 5: Cutting the ties-Federation 1901-1910
• Chapter 6: Exodus 1911-1920
• Chapter 7: The Modern Artist 1913-1940
• Chapter 8: Images of modern evil 1933-1950
• Chapter 9: The battle of styles 1951-1960
• Chapter 10: Rocking and rolling 1960s-1970s
• Chapter 11: Into the new century 1990-2001