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Art and suburbia : a world art book

McAuliffe, Chris1996
Books, Manuscripts
An extensive range of suburban images are examined, from Arthur Streeton and Frederick McCubbin, to the modernist suburban reveries of Clarice Beckett in the 1930s and the surreal wartime streetscapes of Albert Tucker, to contemporary artists
Main title:
Imprint:
Roseville East NSW Craftsman House 1996
Collation:
136 pages colour illustrations
Contents:
Acknowlegements - List of illustrations - Introduction: suburbs, suburban, suburbia - Colour plates - The nineteenth century: rural myths and urban dreams - From the 1920s to the 1940s: suburb to suburbia - The 1950s: the siren song of suburbia - The 1960s: truce & tolerance - The 1970s: local colour - The 1980s and beyond: The postmodern suburb - Conclusion - Futher reading - Index
ISBN:
9766410291 (hbk)
Dewey class:
709.94 ART
Local class:
709.94
Language:
English
BRN:
77389
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
PenrithReference709.94 ARTNot for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016)
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