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A Painted Landscape

Across Australia from Bush to Coast
By Amber Creswell Bell
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A Painted Landscape by Amber Creswell Bell offers a vivid exploration of contemporary Australian landscape art. It features the work of various artists, providing beautifully detailed imagery and insightful commentary. The book delves into the diverse interpretations and connections each artist has with the natural environment, celebrating Australia's rich and varied landscapes through their eyes.
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This book may appeal to you if you appreciate the natural world captured through the lens of contemporary Australian art. It showcases vibrant and diverse landscapes painted by artists, offering a window into how they interpret and convey the beauty of their surroundings. Whether you're an art enthusiast or someone drawn to evocative depictions of nature, you'll find inspiration and creativity blooming on every page.

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Surveying 50 artists working in various mediums and depicting varied terrains, A Painted Landscape showcases an incredible diversity of landscapes and in doing so, dispels the myth that Australia is all 'beach and bush'. Focusing on contemporary landscape painters, this is Australia in the 21st century through a specifically creative lens.

A rich survey of the remarkable landscapes that have inspired countless generations of Australian artists.

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The Australian landscape has inspired countless generations of artists. A Painted Landscape forms an aesthetic study of the landscape as seen, experienced, and expressed by the Australian artists who choose to paint it.

Surveying 50 artists working in various mediums and depicting varied terrains, this book showcases an incredible diversity of art practices and subject matter. Focusing on contemporary landscape painters, this is Australia in the 21st century through a specifically creative lens.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760760113

Publisher: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 November 2018

Country: Australia

Imprint: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 243.0mm

Height: 287.0mm

Weight: 1624g

Pages: 272

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Amber Creswell Bell Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Amber Creswell Bell is a Sydney-based arts, design and lifestyle writer and creative curator. With a passion for art, Amber curates popular quarterly art exhibitions showcasing emerging and established local artists and ceramicists in a number of inner-Sydney galleries. Her first book, Clay, published by Thames & Hudson, released October 2016, showcases over 50 contemporary ceramic artisans from Australia and abroad.

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