Episode number 2 of Series “Landscape with figures: the art of Australia”.
One of a series in which Robert Hughes surveys Australia’s art from the time of the first fleet to the present day. The change from a Provincial Georgian culture into Victoriana when free settlers and ‘mutton and gold’ changed everythingin Australia including its art. Works include T.S. Gill on the goldfields, the vast history of painting of William Strutt and the landscapes of Eugene von Guerard, Nicholas Chevalier, William Piguenit, S.T. Gill and Louis Buvelot. Suitable for upper secondary level.
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ACMI Identifier
507018
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Sheep - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - History
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Study and teaching
Crafts & Visual Arts → Landscape painting - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Australian
Crafts & Visual Arts → Piguenit, W. C. (William Charles), 1836-1914
Crafts & Visual Arts → Von Guerard, Eugene, 1811-1901
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Gold
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Wealth - Australia
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
People → Piguenit, W. C. (William Charles), 1836-1914
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Sound
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Colour
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16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)