Author: Geoffrey Dutton
Title: White on Black:The Australian Aborigine Portrayed in Art
Description: Macmillan, 1974. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. Firm binding , clean unmarked pages, rubbing/wear to jacket corners. White on Black is an art book that is also a social history. How the white Europeans saw the black Australians, roughly from 1770 to 1970, and set it down in pencil or ink or paints, is the fascinating measure of their understanding of Australia's Aborigines. Or lack of it - Geoffrey Dutton has included several horrific failures to recognize a common humanity. Savages, noble or debased; 'Indians'; 'A dying race'; Whitefellow's friend; Jacky and Witchetty; beings with 'a peculiar dignity and grace'. They are all here, to the credit or the shame not only of the artists but of all white Australians and Australian visitors. Included are paintings and drawings by artists who accompanied the early French expeditions; the sympathetic drawings of a convict artist like Charles Rodius; the dramatic but accurate oils of Thomas Baines. Many modern Australian artists are also represented - Drysdale, Nolan, Arthur Boyd and Brett Whiteley to name a few. 320 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Inventory No: dscf10797.
Keywords: BZDB229 Art & Design; White on BlackThe Australian Aborigine Portrayed in Art Geoffrey Dutton
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Title: White on Black:The Australian Aborigine Portrayed in Art
Description: Macmillan, 1974. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. Firm binding , clean unmarked pages, rubbing/wear to jacket corners. White on Black is an art book that is also a social history. How the white Europeans saw the black Australians, roughly from 1770 to 1970, and set it down in pencil or ink or paints, is the fascinating measure of their understanding of Australia's Aborigines. Or lack of it - Geoffrey Dutton has included several horrific failures to recognize a common humanity. Savages, noble or debased; 'Indians'; 'A dying race'; Whitefellow's friend; Jacky and Witchetty; beings with 'a peculiar dignity and grace'. They are all here, to the credit or the shame not only of the artists but of all white Australians and Australian visitors. Included are paintings and drawings by artists who accompanied the early French expeditions; the sympathetic drawings of a convict artist like Charles Rodius; the dramatic but accurate oils of Thomas Baines. Many modern Australian artists are also represented - Drysdale, Nolan, Arthur Boyd and Brett Whiteley to name a few. 320 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Inventory No: dscf10797.
Keywords: BZDB229 Art & Design; White on BlackThe Australian Aborigine Portrayed in Art Geoffrey Dutton
Price: GBP 28.00 = appr. US$ 39.98 Seller: Denton Island Books
- Book number: dscf10797
- Book number: dscf10797
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