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Medievalism at the Foundations
Description
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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.
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Digital Photograph; JPEG
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St George and the Dragon Altar, St George’s Cathedral, Perth, WA
Subject
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altar, Anglican, Anglicanism, Anglican Cathedral, carving, Cathedral, chivalric tradition, chivalry, combat, battle, crusades, dragon, Eucharist service, Golden Legend, hagiography, Jacobus de Voragine, jarrah, knight, legend, myth, mythology, nave, nave altar, Perth, saint, saints, Speculum Historiale, St George, St George and the Dragon, Saint George, St George’s Cathedral, sword, Vincent of Beauvais (c.1190-1264), WA, Western Australia
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<p>Close-up image of the jarrah nave altar at St George’s Cathedral in Perth, Western Australia. The altar features a hand-carved knight and dragon against a St George shield to portray the St George legend. It was carved by Robin McArthur and installed in the Cathedral in 1991. The addition of this new altar at the head of the nave enabled the Eucharist service to be conducted closer to, and facing, the laity. Continuing the traditional associations of Christianity with military service that are present throughout the Cathedral, the image of St George as an armoured knight has the effect of, as Andrew Lynch has suggested, conflating piety and prowess in a positive way.</p>
<p>The legend of St George slaying the dragon is Eastern in origin. It is thought to have been brought back to England by crusaders and was popularised and incorporated into hagiographies of St George in the medieval period in works such as Vincent of Beauvais’ Speculum Historiale and Jacobus de Voragine’s Golden Legend (c.1260). As with most Australian images of St George and the Dragon, the image features the knight and dragon in combat, and there is no sign of the maiden who was being saved in the original tale. For more on the St George legend in Australia, see Andrew Lynch, “‘Thingless names’? The St George Legend in Australia”, The La Trobe Journal, vol.81, Autumn 2008, pp.40-52: <a href="http://www3.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-81/t1-g-t4.html" target="_blank">http://www3.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-81/t1-g-t4.html</a>).</p>
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Lynch, Andrew
Date
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21 May 2004
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No Copyright
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Digital Photograph; JPEG
Altar
Anglican
Anglican Cathedral
Anglicanism
battle
carving
Cathedral
chivalric tradition
chivalry
combat
Crusades
dragon
Eucharist service
Golden Legend
hagiography
Jacobus de Voragine
jarrah
knight
legend
myth
mythology
nave
nave altar
Perth
saint
Saint George
saints
Speculum Historiale
St George
St George and the Dragon
St George’s Cathedral
sword
Vincent of Beauvais (c.1190-1264)
WA
Western Australia