Power Publications imprint: 3 books

The Legacies of Bernard Smith

Essays on Australian Art, History and Cultural Politics

by
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016

It has been widely asserted that Bernard Smith established the discipline of art history in Australia. He was the founding professor of contemporary art and the directory of the Power Institute at the University of Sydney, published the classic art text Australian Painting, three volumes on the art...

No Idols

The Missing Theology of Art

by Thomas Crow
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017

The first in the new Power Polemics series, Thomas Crow’s No Idols: The Missing Theology of Art tackles a pervading blindspot in today’s art-historical inquiry: religion.Crow pursues a perhaps unpopular notion of Christianity’s continued presence in modern abstract art and in the process makes...

Hegel's Owl

The Life of Bernard Smith

by Sheridan Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016

‘An elegant and powerful study, finely crafted fully worthy of its subject.’ Peter Beilharz, Curtin University, PerthBernard 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...
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