1 8 1 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 â€˜in plain viewâ€™ in Australian public life, as a conspicuous cultural memory ghosting Australiaâ€™s modernity. It focuses on discourses about, debates over, and changing interpretations of i) Australiaâ€™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 <a href="http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/811/" target="_self">http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/811/</a> 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 "Requiescat" by Briton RiviÃ¨re Subject The topic of the resource Armor, armour, art, bed, bloodhound, breastplate, burial rites, byrnie, chain mail, chainmail, coif, couter, cuisses, death, dog, epitaph, greaves, hauberk, helmet, hood, knight, mail, maille, pauldron, plate armour, poleyn, rerebrace, rest, shynbald, sabaton, soul, vambrace, wreath. Description An account of the resource This oil on canvas painting by English artist Briton Rivière was purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales (from the artist) in 1897-1898. Completed in 1888, it depicts an armoured medieval knight lying supine on top of a wooden bed and blue floral-patterned bedspread while a dog (usually identified as a bloodhound) gazes up at him. A wreath on the knight’s chest suggests that he is dead, as does the title of the painting: “Requiescat”. Based on the role of the requiem mass in Catholic burial rites, the term “requiescat” (which literally means "rest") refers to a prayer for the repose of the dead, as expressed in the common epitaph “rest in peace”. The knight in this painting is wearing a chain mail byrnie (or hauberk) and various pieces of plate armour, including a breastplate, pauldrons to protect the shoulders, rerebraces and vambraces on his arms, cuisses, poleyns and greaves on his legs and metal shoes known as sabatons. Plate armour began to replace mail armour from the fourteenth century. For more on the artist, see Simon Reynolds, ‘Riviere, Briton (1840–1920)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35766]. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Briton RiviÃ¨re (1840-1920) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Art Gallery of New South Wales Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Art Gallery of New South Wales Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1888 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The Art Gallery of New South Wales Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Oil on Canvas, 158.7cm x 225cm Armor Armour art bed bloodhound breastplate burial rites byrnie chain mail chainmail coif couter cuisses death dog epitaph greaves hauberk helmet hood knight mail maille pauldron plate armour poleyn rerebrace rest sabaton shynbald soul vambrace wreath