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Thomas Bock
Introduction -- Chronology -- Thomas Bock, engraver -- Thomas Bock, draughtsman -- Thomas Bock's portraits of the Tasmanian aborigines -- Thomas Bock: society portraitist, the oil paintings -- Thomas Bock as photographer -- Technical and conservation considerations: works on paper -- Technical and conservation considerations: oil paintings -- A word about frames -- Catalogue -- Tables.
Thomas Bock
"This catalogue accompanies the first UK exhibition dedicated to the work of the Birmingham born convict artist Thomas Bock (1793-1855).A selection of drawings, paintings and photographs demonstrate Bock's technical skill and sensitivity to a wide range of subject matter. Bock trained as an engraver and miniature painter.In 1823 he was found guilty of 'administering concoctions of certain herbs ... with the intent to cause miscarriage' and sentenced to transportation to Australia for 14 years.He arrived in Van Diemen's Land, now Tasmania, where he was quickly pressed into service as a convict artist. An early commission included portraits of captured bushrangers, before and after execution b...
Australian Art
This comprehensive survey uniquely covers both Aboriginal art and that of European Australians, providing a revealing examination of the interaction between the two. Painting, bark art, photography, rock art, sculpture, and the decorative arts are all fully explored to present the rich texture of Australian art traditions. Well-known artists such as Margaret Preston, Rover Thomas, and Sidney Nolan are all discussed, as are the natural history illustrators, Aboriginal draughtsmen, and pastellists, whose work is only now being brought to light by new research. Taking the European colonization of the continent in 1788 as his starting point, Sayers highlights important issues concerning colonial art and women artists in this fascinating new story of Australian art.
Australia's Birthstain
Why is it that Australians are still misled by myths about their convict heritage? Why are so many family historians surprised to find a convict ancestor in their family trees? Why did an entire society collude to cover up its past? Babette Smith traces the stories of hundreds of convicts over the 80 years of convict transportation to Australia....
The Madness of Our Lives
`The Madness of our Lives is a worthy contribution to the literature on first person accounts of mental distress and illness. Its strength is in the range of experiences it canvasses, and in the freedom given to interviewees to tell their own stories. This is a highly readable and informative book.' - Metapsychology Online `The Madness of our Lives consists largely of transcribed interviews with people who have undergone "madness" and to a greater or lesser extent achieved "recovery". It usefully opens both of these terms up to scrutiny. The book is harrowing but hopeful. It is also frequently moving and through-provoking...In giving advice to people who have experienced madness; the book pe...
Convicts and the Arts
There are a considerable number of books on the art of the convicts, so Convicts & Art has been covered reasonably well but art is only once facet of the arts that has been examined to any extent. This book concerns itself with Convicts & the Arts. This book, then, endeavors to look at the convicts’ contribution to the arts, and demonstrates without doubt that the convicts made a significantly broader contribution to the culture of Australia than previously thought. There is a common misconception that all convicts were immediately institutionalised in a cell, and convict culture was solely a prison culture. It needs reinforcing that when the First Fleet arrived there were no prisons in Au...
A Companion to Australian Art
A Companion to Australian Art is a thorough introduction to the art produced in Australia from the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 to the early 21st century. Beginning with the colonial art made by Australia’s first European settlers, this volume presents a collection of clear and accessible essays by established art historians and emerging scholars alike. Engaging, clearly-written chapters provide fresh insights into the principal Australian art movements, considered from a variety of chronological, regional and thematic perspectives. The text seeks to provide a balanced account of historical events to help readers discover the art of Australia on their own terms and draw their own con...
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