Hegel's owl : the life of Bernard Smith
Palmer, Sheridan2016
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Bernard Smith began life as a ward of the State; he would go on to become the father of Australian art history. In 2008 Smith invited writer and art historian Dr Sheridan Palmer to write his biography. Through years of interviews and exclusive access to Smith’s papers and library, Palmer reveals the unique character of an exceptional man.
Main title:
Hegel's owl : the life of Bernard Smith / Sheridan Palmer.
Author:
Palmer, Sheridan, author
Imprint:
[University Of Sydney, N.S.W.] Power Publications, 2016.©2016
Collation:
415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-395) and index.
Contents:
Origins -- New tremors -- Cultural crossings -- The black swan -- The lone Antipodean -- The 1960s -- The construction of power -- The constant revisionist -- Permissible limits.
ISBN:
9780994306425
Dewey class:
709.94
Language:
English
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BRN:
312858