A Quiet Revolution: The Rise of Australian Art 1946-1968 by Christopher Heathcote

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Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Beginings of foxing to top foredge. Dust jacket has some light creasing at edges and spine. Small tear to front cover right tail corner is now protected with book tape. Fading to spine. Interior and binding are excellent.

In this lucid, absorbing and authoritative history, Christopher Heathcote describes the extraordinary social and political changes that overtook Australian art in the space of two decades after World War II. Drawing on his exhaustive research, including interviews with many of the key artists, dealers and curators of the period . Heathcote outlines the transition from a minuscule, inert art scene in the late forties to a new visual establishment in the sixties that embraced change and celebrated its openness to international trends. The revolution may have been quite but it eventually touched every aspect of Australian art. (book flap)