ISBN10: 0195549015, ISBN13: 9780195549010, [publisher: Oxford University Press Melbourne 1991] Hardcover 25.5 x 18.0cms, 486pp, 266 b/w & Colour Illusts very good hardback & dustwrapper This is the third edition of a basic text on Australian art and it incorporates extra chapters on the 1970s-1990s: a problematic practice; from the desert, Aboriginal painting 1970-1990; postmodern pluralism. It is 'a general introduction to Australian painting and a permanently valuable reference book'. Scarce edition
[Sydney, NSW, Australia] [Publication Year: 1991]

ISBN10: 0195549015, ISBN13: 9780195549010, [publisher: Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand] Hardcover Established as a standard work on Australian painting, this book by the doyen of Australian art history provides the most detailed account yet published of the great changes that have radically altered the art scene during the past two decades. A new chapter by Terry Smith discussescontemporary artists and their work within the context of the crisis of modernity and the changing physical, social, and artistic environment. Generously illustrated with over 400 illustrations, 80 in color, the book details the life and achievements of most of Australia's leading artists and agreat many minor ones. 1991, Third edition. A fine, unmarked copy in a very good d/w with only light sun fading of the spine and a small, repaired tear to the bottom corner of the front wrap. Scans available if required.
[York, WA, Australia] [Publication Year: 1991]