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"Jokes in Stone", in The Sydney Morning Herald

SMH 1954 Frid 9 July Univ Q'land Gargoyles Stone.pdf

Newspaper article regarding a carving by the sculptor Thomas Muller. The carving is said to bear a resemblance to the economist Colin Clark. By carving the gargoyle-like creature in the image of a public figure, the journalist argues that Muller has…

Tags: Colin Clark, gargoyle, gargoyles, jest, jesting, medieval sculpture, mummer, mummery, Queensland, sculpture, stone carving, stone mason, stone masonry, Theodore Muller, University of QLD, University of Queensland

"The Spirit of the Middle Ages in Macquarie Street"

This photograph in The Sydney Morning Herald in 1930 shows three sculptures of medieval knights. The seated knights are on the new B.M.A. (British Medical Association) Building in Macquarie Street, Sydney. They wear full body armour and helmets with…

Tags: chivalry, knight, knighthood, knights, Macquarie Street, medieval, sculpture, scuptures, statue, statues, Sydney, Sydney Morning Herald

Adam and Eve (Adam et Ãˆve)

This work by French sculptor Albert BartholomÃ© was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria with funds from the Felton Bequest in 1922. It is a bronze sculpture depicting the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise. It has been dated to 1905,…

Tags: Adam, Albert BartholomÃ© (1848-1928), art, biblical, Brancacci Chapel, bronze, cast, Eve, exile, expulsion, Expulsion from Paradise, Florence, Masaccio (c.1401-1428), paradise, sculpture, Vic, Victoria

Virgin of the Offering

This work by French sculptor Émile-Antoine Bourdelle was gifted to the Art Gallery of South Australia by William Bowmore AO OBE, through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation in 1994. It is a 2.5m tall bronze sculpture of the Virgin…

Tags: Ã‰mile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929), Alsace, bronze, Christ, Christianity, Gothic, infant Jesus, Jesus, Madonna, Mary, model, Niederbruck, religious sculpture, Romanesque, SA, sculpture, South Australia, virgin, virgin and child

Koala Gargoyle

This plaster model for a gargoyle depicts the head of a koala. The plaster model was created in the studio of William Leslie Bowles in Melbourne with the assistance of sculptor, Ray Ewers. In 1940 and 1941 the plaster cast was used as the template…

Tags: animal, Australian, Australian War Memorial, Commemorative Courtyard, gargoyle, koala, leslie bowles, medieval architecture, Melbourne, memorial, plaster cast, plaster model, raymond ewers, sandstone, sculptor, sculpture, war, war memorial, water

Opossum Gargoyle

This plaster model for a gargoyle depicts the face of an opossum. The plaster model was created in the studio of William Leslie Bowles in Melbourne with the assistance of sculptor, Ray Ewers. In 1940 and 1941 the plaster cast was used as the template…

Tags: cast, Commemorative Courtyard, gargoyle, medieval architecture, Melbourne, memorial, opossum, plaster cast, plaster model, Ray Ewers, sandstone, sculptor, sculpture, war, war memorial, water, William Leslie Bowles

Viking Statue at Miss Maud's

An image of the giant Viking head statue located outside Miss Maud's Swedish restaurant and bakehouse on Fitzgerald Street in Perth, WA.

The figure has a long, bushy beard and is wearing a horned helmet. It appears to be made of limestone.

Tags: bakehouse, bakery, dining, eating, figure, figures, Fitzgerald Street, food, helmet, helmets, hotel, limestone, Miss Maud, Perth, restaurant, sculpture, statue, statues, Sweden, Swedish, viking, vikings, WA, Western Australia

Miss Maud's Viking Statue

An image of the giant Viking head statue located outside Miss Maud's Swedish restaurant and bakehouse on Fitzgerald Street in Perth, WA.

The figure has a long, bushy beard and is wearing a horned helmet. It appears to be made of limestone.…

Tags: bakehouse, bakery, dining, eating, figure, figures, Fitzgerald Street, food, helmet, hotel, limestone, Miss Maud, Perth, restaurant, sculpture, statue, statues, Sweden, Swedish, viking, vikings, WA, Western Australia

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