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Illustrating the Antipodes: George French Angas in Australia and New Zealand 1844-1845
Hardback
Main Details
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Illustrating the Antipodes: George French Angas in Australia and New Zealand 1844-1845
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Philip Jones
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:380 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 260,Width 255 |
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| Category/Genre | Watercolours
Individual artists and art monographs |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780642279507
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| Audience | | General | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
National Library of Australia
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| Imprint |
National Library of Australia
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| Publication Date |
1 August 2021 |
| Publication Country |
Australia
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Description
George French Angas (1822-1886) spent 18 months sketching and observing in Australia and New Zealand between 1844 and 1845. It was a period of decisive and irreversible cultural change. The young Angas excelled at capturing the minute detail of plants and people, objects and landscapes, and rapidly assembled a portfolio of 250 fine watercolours. In this fully illustrated volume, Philip Jones has used Angas's sketches, watercolours, lithographs and journal accounts to retrace his Antipodean journeys in vivid detail. Set in the context of his time, Angas emerges both as a brilliant artist and as a flawed Romantic idealist, rebelling against his father's mercantilism while entirely reliant upon the colonial project enabling him to depict pre- and early colonial ways of life.
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