British Art for Australia, 1860-1953

British Art for Australia, 1860-1953

The Acquisition of Artworks from the United Kingdom by Australian National Galleries

C. Potter, Matthew

Taylor & Francis Ltd

01/2023

266

Mole

Inglês

9781032475790

15 a 20 dias

490

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Chapter One: British Art for Australia, 1860-1953: An Introduction



Chapter Two: 'Work that would meet the taste of the Colonists': British art for Antipodean Britons



Chapter Three: 'The civilization of the people': Australian national galleries and civic humanism



Chapter Four: 'A more extended area for English art': The British world and the imperial art market



Chapter Five: 'The best equipped agent, with as free a hand': advisors and selectors of British art for Australia



Chapter Six: 'A Sop to Cerberus': Collecting the British Old Masters in Australia



Chapter Seven: 'One of the many Colonial Delusions': Australian national galleries and British Landscape Painting



Chapter Eight: 'No highly desirable Pre-Raphaelite picture should be spared from home': the antipodean pursuit of a British acme



Chapter Nine: 'The gap that is steadily widening': the acquisition of 'insular' British Modernism by Australian national galleries, 1900-1953



Chapter Ten: Conclusions
Australian National Galleries;UK Artist;Manchester City Art Gallery;National Gallery;Illustrated Sydney News;National Library;UK Expert;Bridgeman Art Library;National Art Collection Fund;Hans Heysen;Edward III;UK's Share;Carpenter's Shop;UK Pound;UK Collection;Modern British Art;UK Example;British Modernism;UK Life;UK's Adoption;UK's Control;UK Press;Tate Gallery;Sydney Morning Herald;UK Method