Vegetation in the early landscape art of the Sydney region, Australia : accurate record or artistic licence?

Author

McLoughlin, Lynette C.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Landscape research. 1999, Num. 1, Vol. 24, 25-47, 8 ill., 2 maps

ISSN

0142-6397

Abstract (en)

The pictorial record is examined as historical documentation of natural landscape, particularly vegetation, by considering artistic depictions of the region around Sydney, New South Wales, from initial settlement in 1788 to the early 1850s. Critical comment relating to the accuracy of the landscape paintings is examined. A persistent criticism was that artists misrepresented Australian environments for a multitude of reasons. The pictorial record displays consistent observation of the real variation in landscape character, and in vegetation structure, communities and species.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Australia
• Colonial
• Painting
• Australia
• 1700-1900
• Landscape
• Art criticism
• Sydney (AUS)
• Region
• Naturalism
• Great Britain

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Australie
• Colonial (art)
• Peinture
• Australie
• 1700-1900
• Paysage
• Critique d'art
• Sydney (AUS)
• Région
• Naturalisme
• Grande-Bretagne

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19990701-00209701

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