Images of the Pacific Rim
Author: Erika Esau
Publisher: Power Publications, Sydney
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780909952396
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAustralia and California have shared aesthetic ideas through imported popular imagery for nearly 200 years. From gold rush photography to Spanish-style houses, this is the fascinating story of aesthetic exchange between two cultures. The absorption of images into the everyday life of these 'new' Western societies, made possible by the development of mechanical processes of production, constructed distinctive cultural iconographies. The Pacific Rim aesthetic is revealed through photography, graphic art, architecture and the ubiquitous eucalyptous.