Preparing for the Exhibition – Gilding the Dome (Illustration)

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Title

Preparing for the Exhibition – Gilding the Dome (Illustration)

Subject

architecture, architect, Brunelleschi, building, Carlton Gardens, centennial, Centennial International Exhibition, dome, exhibition, exhibition building, flagpole, Florence Cathedral, gilding, Great Hall, industry, international exhibition, Italian influence, Joseph Reed (c.1823-1890), Melbourne, painting, Royal Exhibition Building, Rundbogenstil style, semi-circular arches, showcase, Victoria, World Fair, engraving, engravings, Samuel Calvert

Description

An illustration of painters gilding the dome of the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne. This task was undertaken in association with other contracted repainting and redecorating work in the lead-up to the 1888 Centennial International Exhibition. The dome of the Royal Exhibition Building was modelled on Brunelleschi’s fifteenth-century design for the dome of the Florence Cathedral.
About the Royal Exhibition Building:
The Royal Exhibition Building was designed by architect Joseph Reed and completed in 1880. It hosted two major world fairs in the late nineteenth century: the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1880 and the Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition in 1888. The Great Hall was also used for the opening of the first Commonwealth Parliament of Australia in 1901. The round-arched architectural style of the design combines elements from Byzantine, Romanesque, Lombardic and Italian Renaissance buildings (‘Rundbogenstil’). Conservation and restoration of the building was completed in 1994, and the Royal Exhibition Building received National and World Heritage listing in 2004.

Creator

Calvert, Samuel

Source

State Library of Victoria

Publisher

Illustrated Australian News

Date

28 April 1888

Rights

Illustrated Australian News

Format

PDF;
Newspaper Illustration

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