| Images of the Pacific Rim: Australia and California, 1850-1935 Contributor(s): Esau, Erika (Author) |
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ISBN: 0909952396 ISBN-13: 9780909952396 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $56.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Australian & Oceanian - Art | American - General |
| Dewey: 111.85 |
| LCCN: 2010533308 |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 8.76" W x 10.36" (3.72 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Australia and California have shared aesthetic ideas through imported popular imagery for nearly two hundred years. From gold rush photography to Spanish-style houses, Images of the Pacific Rim tells the fascinating story of aesthetic exchange between two "cultures on the periphery." The absorption of images into the everyday life of these "new" Western societies, made possible by the development of mechanical processes of production, constructed distinctive cultural iconographies and helped to create a sense of place based upon a shared ocean and climate. Through photography, graphic art, architecture, and the ubiquitous eucalyptus, this book reveals the source elements of what became a "Pacific Rim" aesthetic. Images of the Pacific Rim is part of the four-book series Australian Studies in Art and Art Theory and is published with the assistance of the Getty Foundation and the Nelson Meers Foundation. |