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House with Gothic features, Launceston, Tasmania

This house in Launceston, Tasmania, includes Gothic features. In particular, the steeply pitched roof and pointed-arch windows are Gothic in style. Gothic architecture began in Europe during the twelfth century.

Tags: domestic architecture, Gothic, house, Launceston, pointed arch, Tas, Tasmania

How Sir Bedivere cast the Sword Excalibur into the Water

This work was gifted to the Art Gallery of South Australia in 1960 by Mrs R.A. Haste. It is a line-block reproduction on paper depicting a scene from Thomas Maloryâ€™s fifteenth-century canonical Arthurian text Le Morte dâ€™Arthur.…

Illustration of St Paul's Church, Melbourne

Depiction of St Paul's Anglican Church, Melbourne. The architectural style is typical of the gothic revival style common in Britain and the British colonies throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Tags: Anglican, Anglican church, architecture, Church, engraving, engravings, F.A. Sleap, Gothic, gothic architecture, Gothic building, Gothic Revival, Melbourne, neo-Gothic, saint, Saint Paul, St Paul, St. Paul, Victoria

In and Around Adelaide

A page of engravings depicting notable landmarks and monuments in Adelaide at the end of the nineteenth century. One notices a strong gothic influence in the appearance of Colonel Light's monument and some of the buildings in Victoria Square.

Tags: Adelaide, architecture, Colonel Light's monument, engraving, Gothic, gothic architecture, Gothic building, gothic buildings, Gothic Revival, monument, monuments, neo-Gothic, SA, South Australia, Victoria Square

In Springtime (Im Fruhling)

This work by Swiss-born artist Arnold BÃ¶cklin was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria with funds from the Felton Bequest in 1977. The painting depicts two beautiful â€˜otherworldlyâ€™ female figures in flowing, colourful dresses…

Interior looking towards High Altar [St Mary's Cathedral, Perth, Western Australia]

Image of interior of St. Mary's Cathedral in Western Australia.

About St Maryâ€™s Roman Catholic Cathedral:

St Maryâ€™s Roman Catholic Cathedral is a neo-gothic cathedral located in Perth, WA. It was constructed in four stages…

Interior of Queen Victoria Building, Sydney

The Queen Victoria Building was designed in Romanesque style by George McRae and completed in 1898. Built as a market incorporating coffee shops, a concert hall, and showrooms, the building fell into disrepair until it was restored in 1986.…

Tags: arched windows, balustrades, colonnades, cupolas, dome, George McRae, New South Wales, NSW, Queen Victoria, Queen Victoria Building, QVB, retail, Romanesque, shop, stained glass, Sydney

Interior of St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney

St Andrewâ€™s Cathedral on George Street in central Sydney was consecrated in 1868, making it the oldest cathedral in Australia. The Anglican cathedral was designed by the English architect Edmund Blacket, who later became the colonial architect…

Tags: Anglican, arched windows, crenellation, Edmund Blacket, gargoyle, Gothic, Gothic Revival, New South Wales, NSW, saint, Saint Andrew, saints, St Andrew, St. Andrew, stained glass, Sydney, tower, tracery, vaulted ceiling

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