The imaging of Antarctica : artistic visions in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic since the eighteenth century ...

• Main Author: Andrews, L
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University Of Tasmania 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25959/23235539; https://figshare.utas.edu.au/articles/thesis/The_imaging_of_Antarctica_artistic_visions_in_the_Antarctic_and_sub-Antarctic_since_the_eighteenth_century/23235539

The aim of this thesis has been to explore and discover, expose and evaluate, the growing body of art created in the Antarctic region. The art of Antarctica is considered in three chronological chapters:- 'To the Edge', 'Light and Darkness' and 'Diffusion and Diversity'. An 'Introduction' provides a critical appraisal of the extant literature on the visual arts of the region. 'To the Edge' examines the art created in the period up until the end of the nineteenth century; 'Light and Darkness' investigates the art of the Heroic Era when the Antarctic continent was gradually colonised; and 'Diffusion and Diversity' considers the work of artists (principally Australian artists) who have visited Antarctica since the Second World War. The thesis argues that, although a significant body of visual art has now been produced, there is not one central dominant theoretical thread. Various underlying influences, however, such as those of geo-politics, science, fact and fantasy, and the use of the camera, are discussed ...