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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.
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
Newspaper Illustration