Title: The course of empire
Description: A history of ideas focussing on the process by which Enlightenment theory of social and economic progress dominated the art and literature of the colonial elite and justified the domination of Aboriginal people in terms of a natural law of economic growth and a theory of classical history; analyses the perception and depiction of Aborigines by colonists, explorers and artists.
Subjects: Australian Arts, In art, Nationalism, Neoclassicism (Art), New South Wales, History, Civilization, Australia, politics and government, Modern Arts, New South Wales in art
Places: Australia, New South Wales
Time periods: 18th century, 19th century