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The Feigned Death of Juliet

This oil on canvas painting by nineteenth-century artist Frederic Leighton was acquired by the Art Gallery of South Australia with funds from the Elder Bequest in 1899. Titled â€˜The Feigned Death of Julietâ€™ it depicts a scene from William…

â€˜The Warriorâ€™

This photo, taken by photographer Wendi Donaldson at the Gumeracha Medieval Fair in South Australia in May 2011, provides a unique glimpse of a â€˜livingâ€™ early medieval warrior (who could be from almost anywhere in Europe). It depicts a…

Bouguereauâ€™s Virgin and Child

This work by William Adolphe Bouguereau was acquired by the Art Gallery of South Australia in 1899 with funds from the Elder Bequest. It depicts the Virgin Mary, clothed in a dark green dress with gold trim and seated against a backdrop of rich gold…

Tags: art, artwork, child, Christ Child, crucifixion, devotional, devotional art, gaze, halo, icon, infant Jesus, Madonna, Mary, nostalgia, religion, religious, religious art, SA, South Australia, virgin, Virgin Mary, William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905)

Viking Ship Shop Sign, South Australia

This photograph shows a sign above the Viking Furniture shop in Mount Compass in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. The sign depicts a Viking dragon ship, or longship, made of wood, featuring a dragon head and tail, mast, and shields along…

Tags: Adelaide Hills, Artis Zalups, Cape Jervis, dragon, dragon ship, longship, Mount Compass, SA, shield, ship, shop, sign, signage, South Australia, viking, Viking Furniture

The Loving Cup

This work by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, arenowned nineteenth-century painter and member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, depicts a young woman in a voluminous medieval-looking gown raising a golden cup decorated with a heart shaped design to her lips.…

Tags: art, Arthurian, Arthurian romance, chivalry, cup, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), Gouache, ivy, knight, legend, medieval clothing, nostalgia, Pre-Raphaelite, replica, romance, SA, South Australia, Victorian, watercolour

â€˜Peasantâ€™; or â€˜Pilgrimâ€™

This photograph was taken at the Gumeracha Medieval Fair, Adelaide Hills, South Australia by photographer Wendi Donaldson (May 2011). The image is entitled â€˜Peasant,â€™ but seeing as the man is wearing a scallop-shell as a badge in his…

Tags: Adelaide Hills, Camino de Santiago de Compostela, cockleshell, Gumeracha Medieval Fair, medieval costume, neo-medieval, peasant, pilgrim, pilgrimage, re-enactment, reneactment, SA, South Australia Wendi Donaldson

The Great War Memorial Cross, St. Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide, South Australia

Image of the colourful mosaic in the centre of a Great War Memorial Cross situated in the grounds of St Peterâ€™s Cathedral in Adelaide, South Australia. The mosaic depicts a warrior armed with a shield and a lance, and draws on a number of…

Tags: Adelaide, Armor, Armour, bravery, Cathedral, chivalric, chivalry, commemoration, courage, cross, Crusades, gallantry, Great War, halo, honour, knight, lance, medieval iconography, memorial, mosaic, noble cause, SA, Saint Peter, saints, shield, soldier, South Australia, St George cross, St Peter, St Peterâ€™s Cathedral, St. Peter, sword, virtue, warrior, World War I, WWI

The Great War Memorial Cross at St Peterâ€™s Cathedral, Adelaide.

An image of a Great War Memorial Cross situated in the grounds of St Peterâ€™s Cathedral in Adelaide, South Australia. The colourful mosaic in the centre of the cross depicts a warrior armed with a shield and a lance, and draws on a number of…

Tags: Adelaide, Armor, Armour, bravery, Cathedral, chivalric, chivalry, commemoration, courage, cross, Crusades, gallantry, Great War, halo, honour, knight, lance, medieval iconography, memorial, mosaic, noble cause, SA, Saint Peter, saints, shield, soldier, South Australia, St George cross, St Peter, St Peterâ€™s Cathedral, St. Peter, sword, virtue, warrior, World War I, WWI

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