Book Chapter

Modernism's History (1998)

I McLean, Rex Butler, Sheridan Palmer

Antipodean perspective : selected writings of Bernard Smith | Monash University Publi | Published : 2018

Abstract

This is a reflective piece, introducing a text selected from Bernard Smith's book, Modernism's History (first published 1998). In this introduction to the text, I consider Smith's pivotal place in Australian art historiography and the text's particular place and influence in my own work.

University of Melbourne Researchers

Keywords

Multiple Modernisms
Formalism
Art History
Art Historiography
Modernism
Bernard Smith