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88-703: The Archibald Prize is an Australian portraiture art prize for painting , generally seen as the most prestigious portrait prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after the receipt of a bequest from J. F. Archibald , the editor of The Bulletin who died in 1919. It is administered by the trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales and awarded for "the best portrait, preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, Science or Politics, painted by an artist resident in Australia during

176-464: A Nazi uniform made the front page of Melbourne's newspaper The Age and sparked a national debate about the appropriateness of his choice of subject matter. The prize money was also changed to $ 50,000. It was changed twice more, and as of 2015 is worth $ 100,000. In 2020 the competition was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic , and for the first time an Indigenous painter ( Vincent Namatjira ) won

264-483: A Packing Room Prize winner. (In fact, a number of Packing Room Prize winners have not been Archibald Prize finalists). For this reason winning the Packing Room Prize is known as "the kiss of death award". (However, there were two People's Choice Awards given to Archibald Prize winners in 1988 and 2004.) There has twice been a matching Packing Room Prize and People's Choice Award winner – although neither won

352-535: A consistent appearance with some individuality, although it is sometimes disputed that these count as portraits. Some of the earliest surviving painted portraits of people who were not rulers are the Greco-Roman funeral portraits that survived in the dry climate of Egypt's Faiyum district. These are almost the only paintings from the classical world that have survived, apart from frescos , though many sculptures and portraits on coins have fared better. Although

440-436: A day. The young of all species are born covered in yellowish down, bar the palm cockatoo, whose young are born naked. Cockatoo incubation times are dependent on species size, with the smaller cockatiels having a period of around 20 days and the larger Carnaby's black cockatoo incubating its eggs for up to 29 days. The nestling period also varies by species size, with larger species having longer nestling periods. It

528-482: A hundred birds or less, while in droughts or other times of adversity, they may swell up to contain thousands or even tens of thousands of birds; one record from the Kimberley noted a flock of 32,000 little corellas . Species that inhabit open country form larger flocks than those of forested areas. Some species require roosting sites that are located near drinking sites; other species travel great distances between

616-512: A large supply of seed in cones or gumnuts by plant genera such as Eucalyptus , Banksia and Hakea ), a natural feature of the Australian landscape in dryer regions. These woody fruiting bodies are inaccessible to many species and harvested in the main by parrots, cockatoos and rodents in more tropical regions. The larger cones can be opened by the large bills of cockatoos but are too strong for smaller animals. Many nuts and fruits lie on

704-601: A mainly Australasian distribution, ranging from the Philippines and the eastern Indonesian islands of Wallacea to New Guinea , the Solomon Islands and Australia . Cockatoos are recognisable by the prominent crests and curved bills . Their plumage is generally less colourful than that of other parrots, being mainly white, grey or black and often with coloured features in the crest, cheeks or tail. On average they are larger than other parrots; however,

792-460: A number of functions, including allowing individuals to recognize one another, alerting others of predators, indicating individual moods, maintaining the cohesion of a flock and as warnings when defending nests. The use of calls and number of specific calls varies by species; the Carnaby's black cockatoo has as many as 15 types of call, whereas others, such as the pink cockatoo, have fewer. Some, like

880-783: A person who is assigned to keep watch while others undertake clandestine or illegal activities, particularly gambling, may be referred to as a "cockatoo". Proprietors of small agricultural undertakings are often jocularly or slightly disparagingly referred to as "cocky farmers". Strigopidae – New Zealand parrots Cacatuidae – cockatoos Psittacidae – African and New World parrots Psittaculidae – Old World parrots Calyptorhynchus – black cockatoos (2 species) Zanda – black cockatoos (3 species) Nymphicus – cockatiel Probosciger – palm cockatoo Callocephalon – gang-gang cockatoo Eolophus – galah Lophochroa – pink cockatoo Cacatua – white cockatoos and corellas (13 species) The cockatoos were first defined as

968-407: A range of mainly vegetable food items. Seeds form a large part of the diet of all species; these are opened with their large and powerful bills. The galahs, corellas and some of the black cockatoos feed primarily on the ground; others feed mostly in trees. The ground-feeding species tend to forage in flocks, which form tight, squabbling groups where seeds are concentrated and dispersed lines where food

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1056-408: A role in clutch size . Some species can lay a second clutch if the first fails. Around 20% of eggs laid are infertile. The cockatoos' incubation and brooding responsibilities may either be undertaken by the female alone in the case of the black cockatoos or shared amongst the sexes as happens in the other species. In the case of the black cockatoos, the female is provisioned by the male several times

1144-499: A shortage of suitable nesting hollows after large mature trees are cleared; conversely, some species have adapted well to human changes and are considered agricultural pests . Cockatoos are popular birds in aviculture , but their needs are difficult to meet. The cockatiel is the easiest cockatoo species to maintain and is by far the most frequently kept in captivity. White cockatoos are more commonly found in captivity than black cockatoos. Illegal trade in wild-caught birds contributes to

1232-518: A subfamily Cacatuinae within the parrot family Psittacidae by the English naturalist George Robert Gray in 1840, with Cacatua the first listed and type genus. This group has alternately been considered as either a full or subfamily by different authorities. The American ornithologist James Lee Peters in his 1937 Check-list of Birds of the World and Sibley and Monroe in 1990 maintained it as

1320-554: A subfamily, while parrot expert Joseph Forshaw classified it as a family in 1973. Subsequent molecular studies indicate that the earliest offshoot from the original parrot ancestors were the New Zealand parrots of the family Strigopidae, and following this the cockatoos, now a well-defined group or clade , split off from the remaining parrots, which then radiated across the Southern Hemisphere and diversified into

1408-406: A third limb when climbing through branches. They generally have long broad wings used in rapid flight, with speeds up to 70 km/h (43 mph) being recorded for galahs. The members of the genus Calyptorhynchus and larger white cockatoos, such as the sulphur-crested cockatoo and the pink cockatoo , have shorter, rounder wings and a more leisurely flight. Cockatoos have a large bill, which

1496-462: A tree. The peregrine falcon and little eagle have been reported taking galahs and the wedge-tailed eagle has been observed killing a sulphur-crested cockatoo. Eggs and nestlings are vulnerable to many hazards. Various species of monitor lizard ( Varanus ) are able to climb trees and enter hollows. Other predators recorded include the spotted wood owl on Rasa Island in the Philippines;

1584-544: A winner was first awarded in 1988. The award comes with a monetary prize of A$ 3,500. The inaugural People's Choice Award prize was won by Fred Cress with his portrait of fellow artist John Beard, which had won the Archibald Prize. This was the first 'double' win until Craig Ruddy won both awards with his portrait of David Gulpilil ( David Gulpilil, Two Worlds ) in 2001. In 1992 the Packing Room Prize

1672-440: A year at least. Females breed for the first time anywhere from three to seven years of age and males are often older. Sexual maturity is delayed so birds can develop the skills for raising and parenting young, which is prolonged compared with other birds; the young of some species remain with their parents for up to a year. Cockatoos may also display site fidelity , returning to the same nesting sites in consecutive years. Courtship

1760-484: Is a discreet assembly of facts, anecdotes, and author's insights. Plutarch 's Parallel Lives , written in the 2nd century AD, offer a prime example of historical literary portraits, as a source of information about the individuals and their times. Painted portraits can also play a role in literature. These can be fictional portraits, such as that of Dorian Gray in the eponymous 1891 novel by Oscar Wilde . But sometimes also real portraits feature in literature. An example

1848-419: Is also affected by season and environmental factors and by competition with siblings in species with clutch sizes greater than one. Much of what is known about the nestling period of some species is dependent on aviary studies – aviary cockatiels can fledge after 5 weeks and the large palm cockatoos after 11 weeks. During this period, the young become covered in juvenile plumage while remaining in

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1936-629: Is generally simple, particularly for established pairs, with the black cockatoos alone engaging in courtship feeding . Established pairs do engage in preening each other , but all forms of courtship drop off after incubation begins, possibly due to the strength of the pair-bond. Like most parrots, the cockatoos are cavity nesters , nesting in holes in trees, which they are unable to excavate themselves. These hollows are formed from decay or destruction of wood by branches breaking off, fungi or insects such as termites or even woodpeckers where their ranges overlap. In many places these holes are scarce and

2024-969: Is held at the same time as the Sir John Sulman Prize , the Wynne Prize , the Mortimore Prize for Realism , the Australian Photographic Portrait Prize , the Young Archie competition and (before 2003) the Dobell Prize . The Archibald is the next richest portrait prize in Australia after the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize . In 1978 Brett Whiteley won the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes all in

2112-405: Is kept sharp by rasping the two jaws together when resting. The bill is complemented by a large muscular tongue which helps manipulate seeds inside the bill so that they can be de-husked before eating. During the de-husking, the lower jaw applies the pressure, the tongue holds the seed in place and the upper jaw acts as an anvil. The eye region of the skull is reinforced to support muscles which move

2200-405: Is more sparsely distributed; they also prefer open areas where visibility is good. The western and long-billed corellas have elongated bills to excavate tubers and roots and the pink cockatoo walks in a circle around the doublegee ( Emex australis ) to twist out and remove the underground parts. Many species forage for food in the canopy of trees, taking advantage of serotiny (the storage of

2288-514: Is particular emphasis on the representation of the details of headdresses, hairstyles, body adornment and face painting. One of the best-known portraits in the Western world is Leonardo da Vinci 's painting titled Mona Lisa , which is a painting of Lisa del Giocondo . What has been claimed as the world's oldest known portrait was found in 2006 in the Vilhonneur grotto near Angoulême and

2376-563: Is similar in most species. The plumage of the female cockatiel is duller than the male, but the most marked sexual dimorphism occurs in the gang-gang cockatoo and the two species of black cockatoos in the subgenus Calyptorhynchus , namely the red-tailed and glossy black cockatoos . The iris colour differs in a few species, being pink or red in the female galah and the pink cockatoo and red-brown in some other female white cockatoo species. The males all have dark brown irises. Cockatoos maintain their plumage with frequent preening throughout

2464-505: Is the portraying of presidents of the United States , a tradition that has existed since the country's founding. Portrait photography is a popular commercial industry all over the world. Many people enjoy having professionally made family portraits to hang in their homes, or special portraits to commemorate certain events, such as graduations or weddings. Since the dawn of photography, people have made portraits. The popularity of

2552-612: Is the portrait of Richard III that plays a role in Josephine Tey 's 1951 novel The Daughter of Time . Cockatoo A cockatoo is any of the 21 species of parrots belonging to the family Cacatuidae , the only family in the superfamily Cacatuoidea. Along with the Psittacoidea ( true parrots ) and the Strigopoidea (large New Zealand parrots ), they make up the order Psittaciformes. The family has

2640-514: Is thought to be 27,000 years old. When the artist creates a portrait of himself or herself, it is called a “self-portrait.” Identifiable examples become numerous in the late Middle Ages. But if the definition is extended, the first was by the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten 's sculptor Bak, who carved a representation of himself and his wife Taheri c.  1365 BC . However, it seems likely that self-portraits go back to

2728-540: Is unknown, as is the cause, although a parrot papilloma virus has been isolated from a grey parrot with the condition. Cockatoos have been shown to learn new skills through social interaction. In New South Wales , researchers and citizen scientists were able to track the spread of lid-flipping skills as cockatoos learned from each other to open garbage bins. Bin-opening spread more quickly to neighbouring suburbs than suburbs further away. In addition, birds in different areas developed their own variants for accomplishing

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2816-597: The Packing Room Prize . It did not win, but it was hung outside the Archibald exhibition. Following that, portraits of the head packer were no longer allowed. In 2004, Craig Ruddy 's image of David Gulpilil , which won both the main prize and the "People's Choice" award, was challenged on the basis that it was a charcoal sketch rather than a painting. The claim was dismissed in the Supreme Court of New South Wales in June 2006. In 2008, Sam Leach 's image of himself in

2904-583: The Philippines , and some Pacific regions. Eleven of the 21 species exist in the wild only in Australia, while seven species occur only in the islands of the Philippines , Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands . No cockatoo species are found in Borneo , despite their presence on nearby Palawan and Sulawesi or many Pacific islands, although fossil remains have been recorded from New Caledonia . Three species occur in both New Guinea and Australia. Some species have widespread distributions, with

2992-493: The amethystine python , black butcherbird and rodents including the giant white-tailed rat in Cape York; and brushtail possum on Kangaroo Island. Furthermore, galahs and little corellas competing for nesting space with the glossy black cockatoo on Kangaroo Island have been recorded killing nestlings of the latter species there. Severe storms may also flood hollows drowning the young and termite or borer activity may lead to

3080-505: The cave paintings , the earliest representational art, and literature records several classical examples that are now lost. Official portraits are photographs of important personalities, such as kings, politicians, or business executives. The portrait is usually decorated with official colors and symbols such as a flag , presidential stripes, or a coat of arms , belonging to a country, state, or municipality. The image may be used during events or meetings, or on products. A well-known example

3168-513: The cockatiel , the smallest cockatoo species, is medium-sized. The phylogenetic position of the cockatiel remains unresolved, except that it is one of the earliest offshoots of the cockatoo lineage. The remaining species are in two main clades. The five large black-coloured cockatoos of the genus Calyptorhynchus form one branch. The second and larger branch is formed by the genus Cacatua , comprising 12 species of white-plumaged cockatoos and three monotypic genera that branched off earlier; namely

3256-430: The daguerreotype in the middle of the 19th century was due in large part to the demand for inexpensive portraiture. Studios sprang up in cities around the world, some cranking out more than 500 plates a day. The style of these early works reflected the technical challenges associated with 30-second exposure times and the painterly aesthetic of the time. Subjects were generally seated against plain backgrounds and lit with

3344-405: The subgenera Licmetis , commonly known as corellas , and Cacatua , referred to as white cockatoos. Confusingly, the term "white cockatoo" has also been applied to the whole genus. The five cockatoo species of the genus Calyptorhynchus are commonly known as black cockatoos, and are divided into two subgenera— Calyptorhynchus and Zanda . The former group are sexually dichromatic , with

3432-546: The appearance of the figures differs considerably, they are considerably idealized, and all show relatively young people, making it uncertain whether they were painted from life. The art of the portrait flourished in Ancient Greek and especially Roman sculpture , where sitters demanded individualized and realistic portraits, even unflattering ones. During the 4th century, the portrait began to retreat in favor of an idealized symbol of what that person looked like. (Compare

3520-761: The artist and the complaint was dismissed on 23 September 1983. In 1985, administration of the trust was transferred to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, after a court case where the Perpetual Trustee Company took the Australian Journalists Association Benevolent Fund to court. In 1997, the painting by Evert Ploeg of the Bananas in Pyjamas television characters was deemed ineligible by

3608-415: The black palm cockatoo ( Probosciger ), the grey and reddish galah ( Eolophus ), and the gang-gang cockatoo ( Callocephalon ), although Probosciger is sometimes placed basal to all other species. The remaining species are mainly white or slightly pinkish and all belong to the genus Cacatua . The genera Eolophus and Cacatua are hypomelanistic . The genus Cacatua is further subdivided into

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3696-463: The characteristic curved beak shape and a zygodactyl foot, with the two middle toes forward and the two outer toes backward. They differ in the presence of an erectile crest and their lack of the Dyck texture feather composition which causes the bright blues and greens seen in true parrots. Like other parrots, cockatoos have short legs, strong claws, a waddling gait and often use their strong bill as

3784-425: The cockatiel, is considerably smaller and slimmer than the other species, being 32 cm (13 in) long (including its long pointed tail feathers) and 80–100 g (2.8–3.5 oz) in weight. The movable headcrest , which is present in all cockatoos, is spectacular in many species; it is raised when the bird lands from flying or when it is aroused. Cockatoos share many features with other parrots, including

3872-419: The cockatoo family Cacatuidae including recognized subspecies. The current subdivision of this family is as follows: Subfamily Nymphicinae Subfamily Calyptorhynchinae: Black cockatoos Subfamily Cacatuinae The cockatoos are generally medium to large parrots of stocky build, which range from 30–60 cm (12–24 in) in length and 300–1,200 g (0.66–2.65 lb) in weight; however, one species,

3960-633: The complex task. Human activities have had positive effects on some species of cockatoo and negative effects on others. Many species of open country have benefited greatly from anthropogenic changes to the landscape, with the great increase in reliable seed food sources, and available water contributing to their survival, as well as their adaption to a diet including foreign foodstuffs. This benefit appears to be restricted to Australian species, as cockatoos favouring open country outside Australia have not become more abundant. Predominantly forest-dwelling species have suffered greatly from habitat destruction ; in

4048-404: The cones in its foot and shreds them with its powerful bill before removing the seeds with its tongue. Some species take large numbers of insects, particularly when breeding; in fact the bulk of the yellow-tailed black cockatoo 's diet is made up of insects. The large bill is used in order to extract grubs and larvae from rotting wood. The amount of time cockatoos have to spend foraging varies with

4136-408: The continent where they are not native. Cockatoos occupy a wide range of habitats from forests in subalpine regions to mangroves. However, no species is found in all types of habitat. The most widespread species, such as the galah and cockatiel, are open-country specialists that feed on grass seeds. They are often highly mobile fast flyers and are nomadic. Flocks of birds move across large areas of

4224-452: The course of incubation. They range in size from 55 mm × 37 mm (2.2 in × 1.5 in) in the palm and red-tailed black cockatoos, to 26 mm × 19 mm (1.02 in × 0.75 in) in the cockatiel. Clutch size varies within the family, with the palm cockatoo and some other larger cockatoos laying only a single egg and the smaller species laying anywhere between two and eight eggs. Food supply also plays

4312-465: The crest or tail. The galah and Major Mitchell's cockatoo are more broadly coloured in pink tones. Several species have a brightly coloured bare area around the eye and face known as a periophthalmic ring; the large red patch of bare skin of the palm cockatoo is the most extensive and covers some of the face, while it is more restricted in some other species of white cockatoo, notably the corellas and blue-eyed cockatoo . The plumage of males and females

4400-425: The day. They remove dirt and oil and realign feather barbs by nibbling their feathers. They also preen other birds' feathers that are otherwise hard to get at. Cockatoos produce preen-oil from a gland on their lower back and apply it by wiping their plumage with their heads or already oiled feathers. Powder-down is produced by specialised feathers in the lumbar region and distributed by the preening cockatoo all over

4488-552: The decline of some cockatoo species in the wild. The word cockatoo dates from the 17th century and is derived from Dutch kaketoe , which in turn is from the Indonesian / Malay kakatua . Seventeenth-century variants include cacato, cockatoon and crockadore, and cokato, cocatore and cocatoo were used in the eighteenth century. The derivation has also been used for the family and generic names Cacatuidae and Cacatua , respectively. In Australian slang or vernacular speech,

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4576-705: The earliest sculptural examples of portraiture in the history of art . Most early representations that are clearly intended to show an individual are of rulers, and tend to follow idealizing artistic conventions, rather than the individual features of the subject's body, though when there is no other evidence as to the ruler's appearance the degree of idealization can be hard to assess. Nonetheless, many subjects, such as Akhenaten and some other Egyptian pharaohs , can be recognised by their distinctive features. The 28 surviving rather small statues of Gudea , ruler of Lagash in Sumer between c.  2144 –2124 BC, show

4664-409: The end of small branches which are unable to support the weight of the foraging cockatoo, which instead bends the branch towards itself and holds it with its foot. While some cockatoos are generalists taking a wide range of foods, others are specialists. The glossy black cockatoo specialises in the cones of trees of the genus Allocasuarina , preferring a single species, A. verticillata . It holds

4752-512: The females having prominently barred plumage. The two are also distinguished by differences in the food-begging calls of juveniles. The fossil record of cockatoos is even more limited than that of parrots in general, with only one truly ancient cockatoo fossil known: a species of Cacatua , most probably subgenus Licmetis , found in Early Miocene (16–23 million years ago) deposits of Riversleigh , Australia. Although fragmentary,

4840-452: The field.Some photographers took the technique to other countries. Augustus Washington moved to Monrovia, Liberia from Hartford, Connecticut and created daguerreotype portraits for many political leaders for the country. In politics , portraits of the leader are often used as a symbol of the state . In most countries, it is common protocol for a portrait of the head of state to appear in important government buildings. In literature

4928-489: The first Indigenous artist to win the Packing Room Prize. Since 1992, a selection of entrants not included amongst the finalists has been included in the Salon des Refusés . Since 1999, Sydney based law firm Holding Redlich have sponsored a Salon des Refusés People's Choice Award . The Young Archie competition was established in 2013 for children aged 5–18. Entrants are divided into four age categories. The Archibald Prize

5016-545: The food supply is more stable and predictable. Several species have adapted well to human modified habitats and are found in agricultural areas and even busy cities. Cockatoos are diurnal and require daylight to find their food. They are not early risers, instead waiting until the sun has warmed their roosting sites before feeding. All species are generally highly social and roost, forage and travel in colourful and noisy flocks . These vary in size depending on availability of food; in times of plenty, flocks are small and number

5104-701: The galah, for example, occurring over most of Australia, whereas other species have tiny distributions, confined to a small part of the continent, such as the Baudin's black cockatoo of Western Australia or to a small island group, such as the Tanimbar corella , which is restricted to the Tanimbar Islands of Indonesia. Some cockatoos have been introduced accidentally to areas outside their natural range such as New Zealand, Singapore, and Palau , while two Australian corella species have been introduced to parts of

5192-472: The gang-gang cockatoo, are comparatively quiet but do have softer growling calls when feeding. In addition to vocalisations, palm cockatoos communicate over large distances by drumming on a dead branch with a stick. Cockatoo species also make a characteristic hissing sound when threatened. Cockatoos have a much more restricted range than the true parrots, occurring naturally only in Australia , Indonesia ,

5280-542: The hollow. Wings and tail feathers are slow to grow initially but more rapid as the primary feathers appear. Nestlings quickly reach about 80–90% of adult weight about two-thirds of the time through this period, plateauing before they leave the hollow; they fledge at this weight with wing and tail feathers still to grow a little before reaching adult dimensions. Growth rate of the young, as well as numbers fledged, are adversely impacted by reduced food supply and poor weather conditions. Cockatoos are versatile feeders and consume

5368-466: The inland, locating and feeding on seed and other food sources. Drought may force flocks from more arid areas to move further into farming areas. Other cockatoo species, such as the glossy black cockatoo, inhabit woodlands, rainforests, shrublands and even alpine forests. The red-vented cockatoo inhabits mangroves and its absence from northern Luzon may be related to the lack of mangrove forests there. Forest-dwelling cockatoos are generally sedentary, as

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5456-454: The internal collapse of nests. Like other parrots, cockatoos can be afflicted by psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD). The viral infection causes feather loss and beak malformation and reduces the bird's overall immunity. Particularly prevalent in sulphur-crested cockatoos, little corellas and galahs, it has been recorded in 14 species of cockatoo to date. Although unlikely to significantly impact on large, healthy populations of birds in

5544-430: The jaws sideways. The bills of male cockatoos are generally slightly larger than those of their female counterparts, but this size difference is quite marked in the palm cockatoo. The plumage of the cockatoos is less brightly coloured than that of the other parrots, with species generally being either black, grey or white. Many species have smaller areas of colour on their plumage, often yellow, pink and red, usually on

5632-413: The main prize – to Paul Newton 's portrait of Roy Slaven and HG Nelson in 2001, and to Jan Williamson 's portrait of singer/songwriter Jenny Morris in 2002. Danelle Bergstrom has won the Packing Room Prize twice, first in 1995 with a portrait of singer/songwriter Jon English , and again in 2007 with a portrait of actor Jack Thompson , with the work entitled Take Two. In 2020 Meyne Wyatt became

5720-427: The many species of parrots, parakeets , macaws , lories, lorikeets , lovebirds and other true parrots of the superfamily Psittacoidea . The relationships among various cockatoo genera are largely resolved, although the placement of the cockatiel ( Nymphicus hollandicus ) at the base of the cockatoos remains uncertain. The cockatiel is alternatively placed basal to all other cockatoo species, as

5808-411: The media coverage of his murders, and the subsequent police investigation of his crimes. However, in literature a portrait of a character is a subtle combination of fact and fiction, exploring the individual psychology of the character in the wider context of their environment. When the subject of the narrative is a historical figure, then the writer is free to create a compelling and dramatic portrait of

5896-590: The official portrait. Normally the Australian Parliament Historical Memorial Committee would have commissioned a portrait. Pugh's portrait of Whitlam won the 1972 Archibald Prize. In 1975, John Bloomfield's portrait of Tim Burstall was disqualified on the grounds that it had been painted from a blown up photograph, rather than from life. The prize was then awarded to Kevin Connor . In 1983, John Bloomfield sued for

5984-403: The person that draws on imaginative invention for verisimilitude. An example is Hilary Mantel 's Wolf Hall (2009) which, while acknowledging the work of the historian Mary Robertson for background information, imagines an intimate portrait of Thomas Cromwell and his intense relationship with Henry VIII at a critical time in English history. It could be argued that in literature any portrait

6072-399: The pink and grey galah , the mainly grey gang-gang cockatoo and the large black-plumaged palm cockatoo . Cockatoos prefer to eat seeds, tubers , corms , fruit, flowers and insects. They often feed in large flocks, particularly when ground-feeding. Cockatoos are monogamous and nest in tree hollows . Some cockatoo species have been adversely affected by habitat loss , particularly from

6160-399: The plumage. Moulting is very slow and complex. Black cockatoos appear to replace their flight feathers one at a time, their moult taking two years to complete. This process is much shorter in other species, such as the galah and long-billed corella , which each take around six months to replace all their flight feathers. The vocalisations of cockatoos are loud and harsh. They serve

6248-530: The portraits of Roman Emperors Constantine I and Theodosius I at their entries.) In the Europe of the Early Middle Ages representations of individuals are mostly generalized. True portraits of the outward appearance of individuals re-emerged in the late Middle Ages , in tomb monuments , donor portraits , miniatures in illuminated manuscripts and then panel paintings . Moche culture of Peru

6336-605: The prize. [REDACTED] Media related to Archibald Prize at Wikimedia Commons Portrait Plastered human skulls were reconstructed human skulls that were made in the ancient Levant between 9000 and 6000 BC in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period. They represent some of the oldest forms of art in the Middle East and demonstrate that the prehistoric population took great care in burying their ancestors below their homes. The skulls denote some of

6424-509: The remains are similar to the western corella and the galah. In Melanesia , subfossil bones of Cacatua species which apparently did not survive early human settlement have been found on New Caledonia and New Ireland . The bearing of these fossils on cockatoo evolution and phylogeny is fairly limited, although the Riversleigh fossil does allow tentative dating of the divergence of subfamilies. There are about 44 different birds in

6512-458: The return of the 1975 prize which was unsuccessful. As a result of the controversy, the application form for the Archibald Prize was modified to make it clear that the subject must be painted from life. Bloomfield later claimed that Eric Smith's winning 1981 portrait of Rudy Komon was painted from a photograph taken in 1974. This claim was refuted by Smith and Komon and the Trustees agreed with

6600-552: The roosting and feeding sites. Cockatoos have several characteristic methods of bathing; they may hang upside down or fly about in the rain or flutter in wet leaves in the canopy. Cockatoos have a preferred "footedness" analogous to human handedness. Most species are left-footed with 87–100% of individuals using their left feet to eat, but a few species favor their right foot. Cockatoos are monogamous breeders, with pair bonds that can last many years. Many birds pair up in flocks before they reach sexual maturity and delay breeding for

6688-492: The same year, the only time this has happened. It was his second win for the Archibald and the other prizes as well. The satirical Bald Archy Prize , supposedly judged by a cockatoo , was started in 1994 at the Coolac Festival of Fun as a parody of the Archibald Prize; it attracted so many visitors that it has moved to Sydney. The prize has attracted a good deal of controversy and several court cases. The most famous

6776-483: The season. During times of plenty they may need to feed for only a few hours in the day, in the morning and evening, then spend the rest of the day roosting or preening in trees, but during the winter most of the day may be spent foraging. The birds have increased nutritional requirements during the breeding season, so they spend more time foraging for food during this time. Cockatoos have large crops , which allow them to store and digest food for some time after retiring to

6864-423: The sister taxon to the black cockatoo species of the genus Calyptorhynchus or as the sister taxon to a clade consisting of the white and pink cockatoo genera as well as the palm cockatoo . The remaining species are within two main clades, one consisting of the black species of the genus Calyptorhynchus while the other contains the remaining species. According to most authorities, the second clade includes

6952-446: The soft light of an overhead window and whatever else could be reflected with mirrors. As photographic techniques developed, an intrepid group of photographers took their talents out of the studio and onto battlefields, across oceans and into remote wilderness. William Shew 's Daguerreotype Saloon , Roger Fenton 's Photographic Van and Mathew Brady 's What-is-it? wagon set the standards for making portraits and other photographs in

7040-635: The source of competition, both with other members of the same species and with other species and types of animal. In general, cockatoos choose hollows only a little larger than themselves, hence different-sized species nest in holes of corresponding (and different) sizes. If given the opportunity, cockatoos prefer nesting over 7 or 8 metres (23 or 26 ft) above the ground and close to water and food. The nesting hollows are lined with sticks, wood chips and branches with leaves. The eggs of cockatoos are oval and initially white, as their location makes camouflage unnecessary. However, they do become discoloured over

7128-511: The term portrait refers to a written description or analysis of a person or thing. A written portrait often gives deep insight, and offers an analysis that goes far beyond the superficial. For example, the American author Patricia Cornwell wrote a best-selling 2002 book entitled Portrait of a Killer about the personality, background, and possible motivations of Jack the Ripper , as well as

7216-494: The trustees because it was not a painting of a person. Another controversy involved the 2000 Archibald winner, when artist Adam Cullen lodged a complaint with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation , that it had used his painting, Portrait of David Wenham , in a television commercial. In 2002, head packer Steve Peters singled out a painting of himself by Dave Machin as a possible winner for

7304-403: The twelve months preceding the date fixed by the trustees for sending in the pictures". The Archibald Prize has been awarded annually since 1921 (with two exceptions) and since July 2015 the prize has been AU$ 100,000. Since 1988 two other prizes have been added to the Archibald prize event. The People's Choice Award , in which votes from the public viewing the finalists are collected to find

7392-577: The wife of the Consul General for the Netherlands. In 1953, several art students, including John Olsen , protested against William Dargie's winning portrait, the seventh time he had been awarded the prize. One protester tied a sign around her dog which said "Winner Archibald Prize – William Doggie". Dargie went on to win the prize again in 1956. On becoming Prime Minister in 1972, Gough Whitlam commissioned his friend Clifton Pugh to paint

7480-573: The wild, PBFD may pose a high risk to smaller stressed populations. A white cockatoo and a sulphur-crested cockatoo were found to be infected with the protozoon Haemoproteus and another sulphur-crested cockatoo had the malaria parasite Plasmodium on analysis of faecal samples at Almuñecar ornithological garden in Granada in Spain. Like amazon parrots and macaws, cockatoos frequently develop cloacal papillomas . The relationship with malignancy

7568-434: Was established, in which the staff who receive the portraits and install them in the gallery vote for their choice of winner. The prize-winner is not always an Archibald finalist. Head packer Brett Cuthbertson receives 52% of the vote between packers for the prize. The Packing Room Prize is awarded annually and since June 2014, the prize has been A$ 1,500. To date there has never been an Archibald Prize winner who has also been

7656-435: Was in 1943, when William Dobell 's winning painting, Mr Joshua Smith , a portrait of fellow artist Joshua Smith , was challenged because of claims it was a caricature rather than a portrait. Max Meldrum criticised the 1938 Archibald Prize winner, Nora Heysen , saying that women could not be expected to paint as well as men. Heysen was the first woman to win the Archibald Prize, with a portrait of Madame Elink Schuurman,

7744-529: Was one of the few ancient civilizations which produced portraits. These works accurately represent anatomical features in great detail. The individuals portrayed would have been recognizable without the need for other symbols or a written reference to their names. The individuals portrayed were members of the ruling elite, priests, warriors and even distinguished artisans. They were represented during several stages of their lives. The faces of gods were also depicted. To date, no portraits of women have been found. There

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