Useless Beauty: Flowers and Australian Art
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781443875486
Table of contents: title: TABLE OF CONTENTS; title: List of Illustrations ..................................................................................... ix; title: Acknowledgments .................................................................................... xiii; title: Introduction ............................................................................................... xv; title: Part I: Background; title: Chapter One ................................................................................................. 3; title: Flowers and the Nineteenth Century; title: Chapter Two .............................................................................................. 11; title: Premodern, Modern and Ultramodern Art; title: Part II: The Art Establishment; title: Chapter Three ............................................................................................ 23; title: Useless Beauty; title: Chapter Four .............................................................................................. 31; title: The Outsider: Ellis Rowan; title: Chapter Five .............................................................................................. 45; title: Defining Femininity; title: Chapter Six ................................................................................................ 59; title: Flowers and Defiance: Hans Heysen; title: Chapter Seven ............................................................................................ 71; title: WWI and the Floral Sublime; title: Part III: Modernism; title: Chapter Eight ............................................................................................. 85; title: The Flower Man; title: Chapter Nine .............................................................................................. 97; title: Native Flowers; title: Chapter Ten ............................................................................................. 105; title: Margaret Preston and Aboriginal Art; title: Chapter Eleven ........................................................................................ 115; title: Celestial Sugar: Adrian Feint; title: Chapter Twelve ....................................................................................... 125; title: Modern Flower Arranging; title: Chapter Thirteen ...................................................................................... 139; title: Lust for Simplicity: Max Dupain; title: Chapter Fourteen ..................................................................................... 159; title: The Human Condition; title: Conclusion ............................................................................................... 171; title: Notes ........................................................................................................ 177; title: Bibliography ............................................................................................ 209; title: Index ........................................................................................................ 233