Camouflage Australia : art, nature, science and war /

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This book tells a once secret and little known story of how the Australian government accepted the advice of a zoologist and seconded the country's leading artists and designers to deploy optical tricks and illusions to protect the nation.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Elias, Ann, 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University of Sydney, NSW, Australia : Sydney University Press, University of Sydney Library, 2011.
Temas:
Dupain, Max > 1911-1992
Hinder, Frank > 1906-1992
Dakin, William J. > 1883-1950
1939-1945
Art and camouflage > Australia > History.
Artists > War work > Australia.
Art and war > History.
Camouflage (Military science) > Australia > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > Camouflage.
Art et camouflage > Australie > Histoire.
Artistes > Participation des civils > Australie.
Art et guerre > Histoire.
Camouflage (Science militaire) > Australie > Histoire.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Art and war
Art and camouflage
Camouflage (Military science)
Tarnung
Weltkrieg > 1939-1945
Militär
Kunst
Australia
Australien
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface by Roy R. Behrens
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part 1
  • The Community
  • Darwin
  • Sydney
  • Sydney experiments
  • Part 2
  • The science community
  • William Dakin
  • Animal camouflage
  • Part 3
  • The military context
  • Policy and status
  • Image
  • Conscience
  • Part 4
  • The field
  • New Guinea and Papua
  • Jungle
  • Goodenough Island
  • Part 5
  • The edge of Modernism
  • Max Dupain
  • Frank Hinder
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2.

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