Picturesque Pursuits

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PUB
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2005
Edition: First Edition

Description: 224 pages. Ex-Library. (only one small stamp on inside page). Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Memoirs, journals, letters, and albums interpret and illuminate the often overlooked artwork produced by women in colonial Australia in this historical art text. Mainly amateurs whose artwork rarely left the family, these women recorded their impressions of the country in distinctive ways—drew in sketchbooks rather than on canvas, used pencil and watercolor rather than oils, and worked in miniature rather than full scale. Intimate portraits of loved ones, delicate sketches of flora and fauna, and panoramic landscapes—often composed on small pieces of cardstock or tiny squares of ivory—are just a few examples of the unique work created by these artists, marking the beginning of Australia's rich heritage of talented women.

ISBN: 9780522850970