Blooms and Brushstrokes
A Floral History of Australian Art
$76.78
- Hardcover
216 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2022
Summary
Blooms and Brushstrokes takes you on a unique journey through the history of Australian art, one flower at a time, examining the blooms depicted in still lifes, floral portraits, decorative interiors and botanical illustrations by a long line of Australian artists. Mother-and-daughter team Penelope and Tansy Curtin start this fascinating journey in the late eighteenth century, when the traditions adhering to the Western art canon were transplanted into the newly colonised Australia. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781743056493 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1743056494 |
| Author: | Penelope Curtin, Tansy Curtin |
| Publisher: | Wakefield Press |
| Imprint: | Wakefield Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 216 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2022 |
| Weight: | 1.31kg |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 282mm x 229mm |
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About The Author
Penelope Curtin
Penelope Curtin is a freelance editor who works mainly in the area of art publications. Her great loves in life have been the gardens she has established and Edwin, Alice, Rupert and Rosey, some of whom are grandchildren, the others Italian Greyhounds.
Tansy Curtin is the Curatorial Manager at Bendigo Art Gallery. She holds a Masters in Art History from the University of Adelaide. Tansy inherited the gardening gene from her mother, although she also loves growing edible plants.
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