3. A few context…
• Australia, officially the Commonwealth of
Australia, is a country in the southern
hemisphere comprising of the mainland
which is the world's smallest continent (also
largest island), the major island of
Tasmania, and numerous other islands in the
Indian and Pacific Oceans.
• Most of the estimated 21.7 million
Australians are descended from colonial-era
settlers and post-Federation immigrants
from Europe.
• Largest cities are Sidney, Melbourne
Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and
Canberra
4. A few context…
• Australia is a prosperous
multicultural country and has
excellent results in many
international comparisons of
national performance such as
health care, life expectancy,
quality-of-life, human
development, public
education, economic
freedom, and the protection
of civil liberties and political
rights. Australian cities also
routinely rank among the
world's highest in terms of
livability, cultural offerings,
and quality of life.
5. Finally… the art
• The Arts in Australia have been influenced by
its culture including a sense of European
Australian isolation and remoteness.
• The vigour and originality of the arts in
Australia — film, music, opera, painting,
theatre, dance, cinema and crafts — are
achieving international recognition.
Let´s see some of them
6. Architecture
Architectural styles have been basically
exotic and derivative
There are many notable
structures, of particular
importance are:
the Sydney Opera House
the Royal Exhibition
Building in Melbourne
Federation Significant architects include:Harry Seidler, Robin
Square, Melbourne Boyd,
Roy Grounds, Francis Greenway, Glenn Murcutt,
Parliament
Joseph Reed and others
House, Canberra.
7. Cinema
• The cinema of Australia has a long history and
has produced many internationally-recognised
films, actors and filmmakers.
8. Visual arts
• The Art of Australia includes Australian aboriginal art
and Colonial, Lanscape, Modernist and
Contemporary art.
A Day of Reckoning
Dancing man
Gerard Gielingh
Paddy Fordham
1995
1999
Engravings at Terrey Hills
Frederick McCubbin
Moyes Bay Beaumaris
1897
9. The end
• Wow! It´s amazing the amount of
examples of well recognized pieces of art
that australia have, I would like to
talk more about these but, I´m afraid
the presentation has been too long. I
apologize.
• And just in my opinion, the best of all:
Nicole Kidman, of course !
