1 8 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism at the Foundations Description An account of the resource This Collection illustrates how medievalism has always existed ‘in plain view’ in Australian public life, as a conspicuous cultural memory ghosting Australia’s modernity. It focuses on discourses about, debates over, and changing interpretations of i) Australia’s medievalist political and religious institutions and rituals, ii) its architecture, and iii) its civic environment. In this Collection are items relating to all three of these key areas. Firstly, you will find items that point to the medieval influences and inflections that still permeate and influence our political, legal and religious institutions and traditions. Secondly, you will find numerous examples of neo-gothic and neo-romanesque architecture, and some cases where architectural features are known to have been modelled on specific medieval buildings. Thirdly, you will find items relating to the ways in which medievalism is incorporated into our civic environments and expressed through statues, monuments and war memorials. Hyperlink Title, URL, Description or annotation. URL <strong></strong> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/raysalmanac/5605716834/in/photostream" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">http://www.flickr.com/photos/raysalmanac/5605716834/in/photostream</span></a></p> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource ‘St George’ Stained Glass Window, Tolarno Hotel, St Kilda Subject The topic of the resource armour, armor, border, dragon, Ferguson & Urie, knight, Melbourne, rose, Saint George, St. George, St George, saint, saints, St. Kilda, St Kilda, stained glass, staircase, Tolarno Hotel, Tudor rose, Union Jack, valour, VIC, Victoria Description An account of the resource This elaborate staircase window in a converted St Kilda mansion is probably by Ferguson & Urie and dated c.1884. The window depicts a red-cloaked and fully armoured St George standing on the head of a dragon. Images of St George and the Dragon were popular in the nineteenth century, with this appeal being especially aided by Sir Walter Scott’s reawakening of popular notions of chivalry in his writings. The outer border contains red and white Tudor roses interspersed with green leaves on a blue ground, while the solid looking pillars hold small medallion-shaped imprints of the Union Jack. Overall, the window represents a calm ‘manly’ Victorian assurance in the face of determined opposition. Such a window can be interpreted as “an expansive declaration of the values and … institutions inherited from Britain” (Beverley Sherry, Australia’s Historic Stained Glass, Sydney, Murray Child, 1991, p.44). Although little information is available regarding the mansion’s original owner, it is thought that the house was built for someone engaged in local politics. Thus, St George killing the dragon makes an ideal theme for a grand staircase window in a house where integrity and propriety must be readily observable. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Brown, Ray (Photographer) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11 February 2001 (image) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource © Ray Brown Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Hyperlink Armor Armour border dragon Ferguson & Urie knight Melbourne rose saint Saint George saints St George St Kilda St. George St. Kilda stained glass staircase Tolarno Hotel Tudor Rose Union Jack valour Vic Victoria Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism at the Foundations Description An account of the resource This Collection illustrates how medievalism has always existed ‘in plain view’ in Australian public life, as a conspicuous cultural memory ghosting Australia’s modernity. It focuses on discourses about, debates over, and changing interpretations of i) Australia’s medievalist political and religious institutions and rituals, ii) its architecture, and iii) its civic environment. In this Collection are items relating to all three of these key areas. Firstly, you will find items that point to the medieval influences and inflections that still permeate and influence our political, legal and religious institutions and traditions. Secondly, you will find numerous examples of neo-gothic and neo-romanesque architecture, and some cases where architectural features are known to have been modelled on specific medieval buildings. Thirdly, you will find items relating to the ways in which medievalism is incorporated into our civic environments and expressed through statues, monuments and war memorials. Hyperlink Title, URL, Description or annotation. URL <p><em>The City of Sydney Archives digital photograph bank: </em><a href="http://photosau.com.au/Cos/scripts/home.asp" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman;">http://photosau.com.au/Cos/scripts/home.asp</span></a></p> <p>Type: &lsquo;stained glass&rsquo; into the Search box, then &lsquo;click&rsquo; Search</p> View: Image 5 &ndash; 006121 (click to enlarge). Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The ‘Australia’ window; or ‘Oceania’ in the Sydney Town Hall Subject The topic of the resource Allegory, centenary, colony, Goodlet & Smith, lantern, Lucien Henry, nationalism, neo-romanesque, New South Wales, Norman Revival, NSW, patriotism, Romanesque, Southern Cross, stained glass, Sydney, Sydney Town Hall, symbolism, trident, Union Jack, window Description An account of the resource One of two neo-romanesque with rounded heads and stylised borders designed by Frenchman Lucian Henry and manufactured by Goodlet & Smith for the Sydney Town Hall auditorium, at a time when national fervour was running high in the late nineteenth century. These windows are reminiscent of Romanesque or Norman figural windows dating from the eleventh century. A tall allegorical figure, which doubtless personifies the colony of NSW, wears a helmet of ram’s horns encircled by the sun’s rays. She carries a miner’s lantern and a trident. The figure is draped in the Union Jack, and framed by four white stars on blue grounds in the shape of the Southern Cross. The fifth star is placed upon the woman’s forehead. Symbolism of this type has decidedly classical and also medieval precedents (See James Hall, Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art, 2nd Edition, Boulder, Westview Press, 2008, p.316). The woman stands astride the globe, which is inscribed with her name. The central window is flanked by decorative (and recognisably) Australian floral sidelights adorned with the words ‘Advance Australia’ and the dates of the centenary (1788-1888). This ‘Australia’ window is one of two inspirational Lucien Henry stair windows installed to celebrate Sydney’s centenary and to promote the developing national identity narrative. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lucien Henry (designer) Goodlet & Smith (manufacturers) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Sydney, 1887-88 (windows) Sydney, c. 1989 (photograph) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource © City of Sydney Archives Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Hyperlink allegory centenary colony Goodlet & Smith lantern Lucien Henry nationalism neo-Romanesque New South Wales Norman Revival NSW patriotism Romanesque Southern Cross stained glass Sydney Sydney Town Hall symbolism trident Union Jack window