Viewing ofReference Material
Art students and others conducting research are welcome to make an appointment with us to view the works listed in the adjacent table.
It is also recommended for Europeans to use the online search system at KVK (Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog), in which all German and many European scholarly libraries list their available references. Sometimes the works are available for loan.
A list of further references about Australian art, which however are not yet in our reference collection, is also maintained and continually extended.
Literature in our Collection
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Hughes, Robert: The Art of Australia, Ringwood 1970, ISBN 0140209352
Table of Contents ¦ Cover Text ¦ Book Review
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements -9-
List of Illustrations -11-
Preface to the Second Edition -19-
Introduction -21-
The Colony 1788-1885 -27-
The Heidelberg School 1885-96 -53-
Landscape, with Various Figures -75-
The Expatriation 1890-1930 -93-
Post-impressionism 1913-38 -113-
The Angry Decade 1937-47 -135-
The Stylists 1939-50 -169-
Figures and Images 1950-62 -197-
Myths and Personae 1947-62 -221-
Abstract Painting 1938-66 -251-
Epilogue -305-
Bibliography -317-
Index -321-
Cover Text
In 'The Art of Australia' Robert Hughes traces the twin threads of the desire for independence in Australian vision and the obsessive influence of European and American models. In his view Australian painting is a phenomenon to be discussed within the total context of contemporary art. Hughes, who has been described as 'the brilliant enfant terrible of Australian art and letters', reappraises many established reputations and suggests channels through which Australian painting may yet emerge as a world force.