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British art for Australia, 1860-1953 : the acquisition of artworks from the United Kingdom by Australian national galleries /

Traditional postcolonial scholarship on art and imperialism emphasises tensions between colonising cores and subjugated peripheries. The ties between London and British white settler colonies have been comparatively neglected. Artworks not only reveal the controlling intentions of imperialist artist...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Potter, Matthew C. (Matthew Charles) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2019.
Series:British art. Histories and interpretations since 1700.
Subjects:
Art, British.
Art > Collectors and collecting > Australia.
Art museums > Acquisitions > Australia.
Nationalism and art.
National characteristics, British, in art.
Australia > Relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Relations > Australia.

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