Printed : images by Australian artists 1885-1955
Butler, Roger, 1948-2007
Book
The history of printmaking in Australia.
Main title:
Printed : images by Australian artists 1885-1955 / Roger Butler.
Imprint:
[Canberra, A.C.T.] : National Gallery of Australia, c2007.
Collation:
xv, 328 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., ports. ; 30 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.The second of three volumes on the history of printmaking in Australia, based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.Bibliography: p. 304-312.
Contents:
The painter-printmaking movement. Early painter-etchers in Australia; Working overseas: Etching, lithography and monotypes in London and Paris; The artistic lithograph in Australia; Prints and photographs: Shared concerns; The Australian PainterEtchers Society -- The importance of design: prints, posters and books. Early posters and lithography; The poster style; Blamire Young and the artistic poster in Melbourne; An Australian style; Artists' woodblock prints; Australia and Japan: Links in print; Australian artists in Japan; Woodblocks: Printed in the Japanese manner; Travel posters; Wood-engraving and the art of the fine book; Exemplars: Margaret Preston and Thea Proctor; The linocut and Sydney women artists; Melbourne manner; Printed in magazines; The Grosvenor School and colour linocuts -- War, Depression, Anxiety. World War I; Posters; Responses to the war; World War II; Posters; Enemy aliens; Army life; At home with war; Printmakers and politics; The Great Depression; The linocut; Activists; The New Theatre; These are my people; Anxiety in war and its aftermath; Lithography, a democratic art form; Freedom of expression; Cold War anxiety and the search for meaning.
ISBN:
9780642542045 (hbk)064254204X
Dewey class:
760.0994
LC class:
NE789.3
Language:
English
Added title:
Subject:
BRN:
14457
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | -Art and Culture | ARTS 760.0994 BUTLFolio | On loan - Due: 01 Jul 2026 |