Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Wanted : the search for the modernist murals of E. Mervyn Taylor
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Massey University Press
Place
Date
2018
Physical Description
253 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour maps ; 26 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780994141552
Language
English
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Content
Foreword / Claire Robinson -- Preface / Sarah Taylor -- Introduction / Bronwyn Holloway-Smith -- Ch 1. Otaki 1956, waiting for revelations / Huhana Smith -- Ch 2. Wellington 1958, From paddock to port / Linda Tyler -- Ch 3. Wellington 1959, The ascension of Christ / Tony Mackle -- Ch 4. New Plymouth 1960, An eternal flame to Provincialism / Bryan James -- Ch 5. Wairoa 1961, Layers upon layers / Joyce Campbell -- Ch 6. Auckland 1962, Voices through the deep / Bronwyn Holloway-Smith -- Ch 7. Lower Hutt 1962, Kia kitea, Te Waewae Tangata / Nick Roskruge -- Ch 8. Masterton 1962, The taiaha and the axe / Terri Te Tau -- Ch 9. Masterton 1963/66, Lest we forget: the batttle for the mural / Gareth Winter -- Ch 10. Wellington 1963, Assurance / Sarah Jane Parton -- Ch 11. Wellington 1963, On the politics of time and space / Ken Davis and Rose Evans -- Ch 12. Wellington 1964, A renaissance interrupted / Gregory J. Smith -- Epilogue, Towards a New Zealand public art register / Bronwyn Holloway-Smith.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Wood-engravers--New Zealand--20th century; Mural painting and decoration--New Zealand--20th century]
Includes bibliographical references (page 240) and index.
Collection Type
Reading Room
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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