Bernard Smith (1916–2011) was undoubtedly Australia’s greatest art historian and arguably Australia’s most important humanist scholar. His European Vision and the South Pacific, 1768–1850 (1960) was a foundational text of post-colonialism, and in Australian Painting (1962) he set out the definitive history of Australian art to that time. Antipodean Perspective: The Selected Writings of Bernard Smith presents twenty-six art historians, curators, artists and critics, from Australia and overseas, who have chosen a text from Smith’s work and sought to explain its personal and broader significance. Their selections reveal Smith’s extraordinary range as a scholar, his profound grasp of this nation’s past, and the way his ideas have maintained their relevance as we face our future.
Edited by:
Rex Butler, Sheridan Palmer Imprint: Monash University Publishing Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 153mm,
Weight: 500g ISBN:9781925495669 ISBN 10: 1925495663 Series:Art History Pages: 432 Publication Date:01 July 2018 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active