Venus in Tullamarine : art, sex, politics, and Norman Lindsay / edited by Cameron Hurst and Jeremy George; with contributions from Ian McLean, Adrian Martin, Cameron Hurst, Jeremy George, James Nguyen, Soo-Min Shim.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hurst, Cameron, editor.

George, Jeremy, editor.

Penn Sexuality Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lindsay, Norman, 1879-1969--Criticism and interpretation.

Lindsay, Norman.

Artists--Australia--20th century--History and criticism.

Artists.

Authors, Australian--20th century--History and criticism.

Authors, Australian.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

152 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

Melbourne : Index Books, [2023]

Summary:

"Norman Lindsay (1879-1969) was a prolific, popular, and controversial Australian artist, best known for his children's book The Magic Pudding, and prints which draw on Greek and Roman myth and C19th literature and philosophy. Australian culture is indelibly marked by Lindsay's output, his prominence in the Sydney bohemian intellectual scene, and by The Magic Pudding, which entrances the imagination of generations of Australian children. But it is marked by the paradoxical conjunctions of Lindsay's life, too: artistic bohemia and fascistic tendencies, avant-gardism and a fervor for the rule of law, libertinism and conservatism, worship and denigration. This collection of essays examines Lindsay's legacy and current position in Australian art and cultural history. The authors' opinions are erudite, varied, and often incendiary; few figures are as divisive as Lindsay"--Publisher's description.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780645106039

0645106038

OCLC:

1512070404