The Australian Aboriginal Heritage. An Introduction through the Arts
Sydney, Australian Society for Education through the Arts/ Ure Smith, 1978 (second, amended and corrected, edition)/ 1973.
Folio, 320 pages with 2 maps (one double-page) and hundreds of illustrations (most in colour).
Decorated papered boards; a fine copy with the excellent dustwrapper (very slightly creased and sunned at the edges).
With a one-page foreword to this edition by Ronald Berndt (who has also added references which bring the book up to date). Aside from the editors, contributors include Catherine H. Berndt, Catherine Ellis, Helen Groger-Wurm, Charles P. Mountford and P.J. Trezise. 'A widely-ranging introduction to the fascinating world of the Australian Aboriginal arts - a world rich in traditional forms, but also a world that is changing and innovating. Against a frame of aesthetic stylization and patterning derived from the Dreaming, both flexibility and variation are obvious - but the guiding line of the Dreaming continues to hold its own' (from the blurb).
Item #134666
Price (AUD):
$75.00