Modernism and Australia by Philip Goad - ISBN: 9780522852899
Paperback
Presents an anthology of modernist art, design and architecture in Australia which reveals the raw nerves that modernism exposed and highlights the role of migrants, expatriates, travel and mass reproduction in the reception of modernism in Australia. This work shows a surprising acceptance of moder…

Modernism and Australia

Art, Design and Architecture 1917-1967

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    600 pages

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    1 February 2007

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This first anthology of modernist art, design and architecture in Australia reveals the raw nerves that modernism exposed.This first anthology of modernist art, design and architecture in Australia reveals the raw nerves that modernism exposed and highlights the role of migrants, expatriates, travel and mass reproduction in the reception of modernism in Australia.In more than two hundred documents-talks, letters, fiery debates, public manifestoes and private diaries-the main players of the ti…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522852899
ISBN-10:0522852890
Author:Philip Goad, Ann Stephen, Andrew McNamara
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Melbourne University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:600
Edition:1st
Release Date:1 February 2007
Weight:1.38kg
Dimensions:231mm x 152mm x 51mm
About The Author

Philip Goad

Ann Stephen (Author)Dr Ann Stephen is an art historian and curator at the Powerhouse Museum. She is the author of On Looking at Looking- The Art and Politics of Ian Burn (Miegunyah Press, Carlton, Vic., 2006); co-author of The Necessity of Australian Art (Power Publications, Sydney, 1988); editor and co-author of Pirating the Pacific- Images of Travel, Trade and Tourism (Powerhouse Publishing, Sydney, 1993) and Visions of a Republic- The Work of Lucien Henry (Powerhouse Publishing, Sydney, 2001). Stephen is principal curator of Modern Times- The Untold Story of Modernism in Australia exhibition.Andrew McNamara (Author)Dr Andrew McNamara is Associate Professor, Art and Design, Queensland University of Technology. He is the coordinator of a new research grouping at QUT- the Arts, Media, Design and Modernity (AMDM) research group. He is also an editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art. Recent publications appear in The Dreams of Interpretation (University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 2007) and Image and Narrative, Belgium (2008).Philip Goad (Author)Philip Goad is Professor of Architecture at the University of Melbourne. Internationally known for his research and publications on modernism and Australian architecture, he is the author of Melbourne Architecture (Watermark Press, Sydney, 1999), New Directions in Australian Architecture (Pesaro Publishing, Sydney, 2001), editor and co-author of Bates Smart- 150 Years of Australian Architecture (Craftsman House, Sydney, 2004) and co-author of Australian Modern- The Architecture of Stephenson & Turner (Miegunyah Press, Carlton, Vic., 2004).

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