Presentism and Anthropocenic Unawareness in Early Western Australian Settler Art:: The Case of Thomas Turner

Richard Read

Presentism and Anthropocenic Unawareness in Early Western Australian Settler Art: The Case of Thomas Turner

Discipline of Art History

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter › peer-review

Abstract

The tension between permanent occupation and exploration in an early Western Australian artist of the 1830s and the anachronistic misapprehension to which it is prone.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Anthropocene and Visual Culture in Australia
Editors	Helen McDonald, Linda Williams
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Routledge
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 2025

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Presentism and Anthropocenic Unawareness in Early Western Australian Settler Art: The Case of Thomas Turner

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