Informative Speech On Australian Art

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Australian art
Some interesting facts about Australian art
This mysterious country
Do you like to travel abroad? Meet different people and cultures; learn more about various traditions and beliefs? Then you should definitely think about Australia, mysterious country that is a whole continent at the same time. It is a real paradise for an explorer, for scientists can’t explain some things, such as a pink lake, and 75% of flora and fauna are left unknown. But this continent is famous not only because of picturesque beaches and cheerful kangaroos, but also because its art. Unique music instruments, engravings and legends help to get to know Australia and its peculiarities. If you want to learn something new about Australian art, here you will find picturesque canvases and a piece of useful information for you.
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The first painting is dated back to 30,000 AD, and they were simple engravings, depicting beliefs of early Australians.
2. Australia has the longest period of Indigenous art, for it was conquered comparatively late, and no one influenced aborigines and their way of depiction of reality.
3. First people’s illustrations are now protected by law, and can be found all over the country in natural parks.
4. When Australia was conquered by Europeans, sailors were trying to depict flora and fauna of an unknown country, and those sketches weren’t too skillful.
5. In times of Colonial art peaceful canvases were replaced by pictures that showed the prosperity of new hosts of the continent.
6. The presence of Europeans influenced Australia and its art a lot, for since that time they could see world masterpieces in first museums.
7. Heidelberg School had a great impact on Australian painters. They depicted the beauty of their Motherland, and concentrated on the process of rural work.
8. At the beginning of 20th century the Modern epoch started. Since that time Australian artists follow different styles and genres, as in any country in the

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