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Medievalism at the Foundations
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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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<p>This image and several others related to Longerenong homestead can be viewed on pages 71-76 of Miles Lewis’s 702675 Australian Building Analysis: Stained glass and specialist finishes, available as a pdf download:</p>
<p>Go to: <a href="http://mileslewis.net/illustrated-contents/10-australian-building.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">http://mileslewis.net/illustrated-contents/10-australian-building.html</span></a></p>
Select: Stained Glass (pdf.)
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‘Heraldic’ domestic pattern window, Front entrance, Longerenong homestead, Longerenong, Victoria
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Celtic, Ferguson & Urie, floral grid pattern, flowers, harp, heraldry, John Lyon, Longerenong homestead, medieval design, Samuel Wilson, Stained glass, Victoria, VIC, window
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This ‘heraldic’ pattern transom hangs over the doorway at Longerenong homestead in Victoria. Central to the design is a golden Celtic harp on blue shield (c. 13th century) representing owner Samuel Wilson’s Irish roots. This is flanked by his initials (S W), and the year (AD 1862). A ‘diapered’ medieval floral grid pattern dominates the background, and alternate blue and white flowers attached to golden stems and leaves, occupy the red outer borders. Beverley Sherry points out that, “The nineteenth-century pioneers of Victoria’s pastoral districts had a strong sense of family pride and this was [often] expressed in stained glass†(Australia’s Historic Stained Glass, Sydney, Murray Child, 1991, p.37). The colourful ‘Longerenong’ window provides an excellent example of such expression.
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Lewis, Miles (digital image)
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2009 - 2011
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© Miles Lewis and University of Melbourne
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Hyperlink
Celtic
Ferguson & Urie
floral grid pattern
flowers
harp
heraldry
John Lyon
Longerenong homestead
medieval design
Samuel Wilson
stained glass
Vic
Victoria
window
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Medievalism on the Page
Description
An account of the resource
This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as children’s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works.
Still Image
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‘The Australian Jubilee Peerage: A Detailed Scheme for the Institution of Various Long-Needed Australian Orders of Nobility’, The Bulletin, 25 June 1887
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‘pedigree hunting,’ Australian politics, Britain, heraldry, honours, Jubilee, knight, knighthood, Livingston York Hopkins (1846-1927), Melbourne, nobility, peerage, politics, political figures, Queen Victoria, social mobility, Victoria, VIC, White Knight of Kerry
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This full-page illustration by the Bulletin’s American-born cartoonist Livingston Hopkins (aka ‘Hop’), pokes fun at some of Australia’s prominent political figures. The 25 June 1887 issue of the Bulletin reviewed Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, and Hop’s cartoon “lampooned the jubilee peerages that had been bestowed†on the distant British outpost (Louise D'Arcens, Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian Literature 1840-1910, Turnhout: Brepols, 2011, p.21). It seems that Australians from all backgrounds and social milieu desired these honours from the British monarch: a search for long-forgotten (aka ‘illustrious’) forbears was relentlessly pursued by public figures, and the claiming of heraldic devices (if obtainable) was de rigueur. As a result, Burke’s Peerage was forced to devote two volumes in 1891 and 1895 to “Colonial Gentry†(D'Arcens, p.24). Hop’s cartoon offered Bulletin readers a tongue-in-cheek selection of new honours, including ‘The Order of P.G.’ to be “conferred only upon the old and true colonial aristocracy†(Bulletin,p .18). “P.G.†is a reference to “the convict inmates of Pinchgut, the notoriously punitive prison-island in Sydney Cove (better known today as Fort Denison)â€. It also serves as a timely reminder to those with ‘blinkered’ memories “of the decidedly ignoble origins†of many of the Colony’s original European settlers (D’Arcens, p.23).
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Livingston Hopkins ('Hop')
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The Bulletin
Publisher
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The Bulletin
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25 June 1887 (p. 18).
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Public Domain
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Journal (Microfilm)
‘pedigree hunting
’ Australian politics
Britain
heraldry
honours
Jubilee
knight
knighthood
Livingston York Hopkins (1846-1927)
Melbourne
nobility
peerage
political figures
politics
Queen Victoria
social mobility
Vic
Victoria
White Knight of Kerry
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Medievalism on the Page
Description
An account of the resource
This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as children’s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
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Microfilm
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‘Rival Saints’ <em>The Bulletin</em>, 2 May 1903.
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Budget, Federation, Livingston Hopkins aka ‘Hop’ (1846-1927), Manifesto, New South Wales, NSW politics, politics, sainthood, saints, sanctity, showmanship, Sir George Reid (1845-1918), Sir Joseph Carruthers (1856-1932), stained glass, taxation.
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This 1903 Bulletin cover by Hop, which lampoons NSW politicians Sir George Reid (the Freetrade advocate) and Sir Joseph Carruthers (illustrated here holding a copy of his reform policy), draws on medievalism by depicting them as saints in stylised medieval stained glass windows. The figure on the left, Sir George Reid, is monocled, generously rotund, and wearing a walrus moustache. He was at various times the NSW Premier, Australian Prime Minister, and in later years, Australian High Commissioner. Although the cartoon depicts him openly displaying the word Federation on his ample frontage, he is generally regarded as having been somewhat ambivalent about its future (W. G. McMinn, 'Reid, Sir George Houstoun (1845–1918)', <em>Australian Dictionary of Biography</em>, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/reid-sir-george-houstoun-8173). Elsewhere in the same issue, The Bulletin takes Sir Joseph Carruthers’ Manifesto, which he is shown holding here, to task, dismissing it because “There is not a word about taxation, not a word about borrowing, nor about spending loan money” (See <em>The Bulletin</em>, 2 May, 1903, p.9). Hop’s cartoon suggests that neither of these figures is deserving of the recognition of sainthood, regardless of their titles, bluster, and showmanship.
Creator
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Livingston Hopkins (‘Hop’)
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The Bulletin
Publisher
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The Bulletin
Date
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2 May 1903 (Cover)
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Public Domain
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Medievalism on the Page
Description
An account of the resource
This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as children’s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works.
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‘A Ro-Me-Owe and Jew-Liet Revival (New Reading)’, <em>The Bulletin</em>, 17 November 1904
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Balcony scene, <em>Bulletin</em> cartoons, economy, Her Majesty’s Theatre, I.O.U., James C. Williamson (1845-1913), Livingston Hopkins aka ‘Hop’ (1846-1927), loan, Miss Tittell Brune (1875-1974), New South Wales, NSW State loans, Romeo and Juliet, satire, Sir Joseph Carruthers (1856-1932), state politics, <em>Sydney Morning Herald</em>, William Shakespeare (c.1564-1616), usury.
Description
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‘Hop’ produced this <em>Bulletin</em> cartoon at a time when J. C. Williamson’s theatre company was staging William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Sydney. The popular young American actress Miss Tittell Brune was in the starring role, with Mr R. A. Greenaway as Romeo and Mr Roy Redgrave (patriarch of the famous English acting family) as Mercutio (See <em>The Sydney Morning Herald</em>, Nov 12, 1904, p. 2. <a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/1329960?" target="_blank">http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/1329960?</a>) Judging from reviews written at the time, Miss Brune’s “charming” balcony performance was hugely successful (See, for example, <em>The Sydney Morning Herald</em>, Nov 16, 1904, p. 2. <a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/1330003?" target="_blank">http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/1330003?</a>). So, Hop’s cartoon was not only timely but also bound to raise a laugh or a smile of recognition from Sydney theatre-goers. The NSW government was barely into its fifth month of office, and Sir Joseph Carruthers − who was both premier and treasurer − had inherited the difficult task of dealing with accumulated State debts. <em>The Sydney Morning Herald</em> calculated that NSW owed around £4,310,000, to be paid-off over thirty years (<em>The Sydney Morning Herald</em>, October 10, 1904, p. 6. <a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/1329596?" target="_blank">http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/1329596?</a>). Subsequently, Hop depicts premier Carruthers fawning and gesticulating to a bored and stereotypically Jewish financier. In the background, three spheres suspended in the night sky represent usury. Hop’s critique of the NSW economy is clearly designed to keep the matter firmly under continuous (and sceptical) public scrutiny.
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Livingston Hopkins (‘Hop’)
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<em>The Bulletin</em>
Publisher
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<em>The Bulletin</em>
Date
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17 November 1904, Cover
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Public Domain
Format
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Journal (Microfilm)
Balcony scene
Bulletin cartoons
economy
Her Majesty’s Theatre
I.O.U.
James C. Williamson (1845-1913)
Livingston Hopkins aka ‘Hop’ (1846-1927)
loan
Miss Tittell Brune (1875-1974)
New South Wales
NSW State loans
Romeo and Juliet
satire
Sir Joseph Carruthers (1856-1932)
state politics
Sydney Morning Herald
usury
William Shakespeare (c.1564-1616)
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Medievalism on the Page
Description
An account of the resource
This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as children’s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
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Microfilm
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‘Eating the Leek’ (Henry V, Act V, Scene I), <em>The Bulletin</em>, 4 March 1893.
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Cartoon, Fluellen, Henry V, John Bull, medieval costume, Pistol, political cartoon, politics, Shakespeare, Sir George Richard Dibbs (1834-1904), Sir Robert William Duff (1835-1895), theatre, New South Wales, NSW politics, William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), William Shakespeare (c.1564-1616).
Description
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This political cartoon by ‘Hop’ enacts a scene from William Shakespeare’s historical play, <em>Henry V</em>. In the scene, Fluellen the Welshman angrily berates the unfortunate Pistol, a crony of Sir John Falstaff, and forces him to eat a raw leek. The cartoon, Louise D’Arcens suggests, uses this rather cryptic information “to depict the recent appointment of the New South Wales governor Sir Robert Duff by the British Prime Minister Gladstone,” (Louise D’Arcens, <em>Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian Literature 1840-1910</em>, Turnhout, Brepols, 2011, p.182). The ‘leeks’ both seem equally unpalatable to the protesting recipient(s): Pistol and the Premier Sir George Dibbs respectively. The fact that Mr Gladstone and Her Majesty’s Government would appoint the next Governor without approval from the NSW Government indicates the lesson in humility that was forced upon the colony by Whitehall. Ironically, the John Bull figure holds a switch with the words ‘Silken Bond’ written upon it. This sounds suspiciously like “an iron fist in a velvet glove” rationale to contemporary ears.
Creator
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Livingston York Hopkins (‘Hop’)
Source
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The Bulletin
Publisher
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The Bulletin
Date
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4 March 1893 (Cover)
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Public Domain
cartoon
Fluellen
Henry V
John Bull
medieval costume
New South Wales
NSW politics
Pistol
political cartoon
politics
Shakespeare
Sir George Richard Dibbs (1834-1904)
Sir Robert William Duff (1835-1895)
theatre
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898)
William Shakespeare (c.1564-1616)
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Medievalism on the Streets
Description
An account of the resource
This Collection analyses popular medievalism in material and public culture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on popular medievalist theatre, parades and public spectacles, as well as recreational, literary and political associations. It explores the ways in which medievalism was not simply derivative but also local and disctinctive. In this Collection you will find items relating to medievalism in public contexts and popular culture, and the revisitation or reenactment of the Middle Ages by groups such as the Society for Creative Anachronism.
Hyperlink
Title, URL, Description or annotation.
URL
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #2567e8; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://youtu.be/ggy-p6VtPrs" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://youtu.be/ggy-p6VtPrs</span></a></span></span>
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Celtic Blood, James John Loftus
Subject
The topic of the resource
Advertisement, Anglo-Norman, Celtic, Celtic Blood, Highlanders, knights, literature, James John Loftus, MacBeth, novel, Scotland, William Shakespeare, witchcraft.
Description
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<p><em>Celtic Blood</em> is the debut novel by Australian author James John Loftus, published in July, 2011. The novel is set in 13<sup>th</sup> century Scotland and the conflict between Anglo-Norman-influenced royal knights living in the lowlands, and independent Highlanders. Witchcraft and the powers behind the powerful are sub-themes of the plot. The novel was in part inspired by William Shakespeare’s play set during Scotland’s medieval period, MacBeth.</p>
<p>For an advertisement for the novel see <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://youtu.be/ggy-p6VtPrs" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/ggy-p6VtPrs</a></span></p>
Creator
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Loftus, James John
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
July 28, 2011
Rights
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James John Loftus
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Hyperlink
advertisement
Anglo-Norman
Celtic
Celtic Blood
Highlanders
James John Loftus
knights
literature
MacBeth
novel
Scotland
William Shakespeare
witchcraft.
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Medievalism on the Page
Description
An account of the resource
This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as children’s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works.
Hyperlink
Title, URL, Description or annotation.
Original Format
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Painting, watercolour and pencil on buff paper
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16 x 23 cm
URL
<a href="http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictures/gid/slv-pic-aaa39993">http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictures/gid/slv-pic-aaa39993</a>
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‘Road Knights’ by Daniel Rutter Long
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art, artwork, Gippsland, rural Victoria, Daniel Rutter Long, knight, Road knights
Description
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This artwork by artist Daniel Rutter Long is titled ‘Road Knights’. Completed in 1883, it is a watercolour and pencil painting depicting a rural farmhouse, cows, trees, an Aboriginal man wearing European dress, a seated woman and a child. The artist, Daniel Rutter Long (c.1803-1886), emigrated to Port Phillip from England with his wife and six children in 1840. He established a practice as a pharmacist in Bourke Street, Melbourne in 1843, and took up painting when he retired in 1857. Long produced a number of landscapes, including the collection of views of Gippsland that ‘Road Knights’ belongs to.
Creator
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Long, Daniel Rutter
Source
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State Library of Victoria, Accession no(s) H2003.91/31
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D.R. Long Collection of Views of Gippsland.
Date
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1883
Rights
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State Library of Victoria
Format
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Hyperlink; Painting
art
artwork
Daniel Rutter Long
Gippsland
knight
Road knights
rural Victoria
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Medievalism at the Foundations
Description
An account of the resource
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.
Hyperlink
Title, URL, Description or annotation.
URL
<p><em>The City of Sydney Archives digital photograph bank: </em><a href="http://photosau.com.au/Cos/scripts/home.asp" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman;">http://photosau.com.au/Cos/scripts/home.asp</span></a></p>
<p>Type: ‘stained glass’ into the Search box, then ‘click’ Search</p>
View: Image 5 – 006121 (click to enlarge).
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The ‘Australia’ window; or ‘Oceania’ in the Sydney Town Hall
Subject
The topic of the resource
Allegory, centenary, colony, Goodlet & Smith, lantern, Lucien Henry, nationalism, neo-romanesque, New South Wales, Norman Revival, NSW, patriotism, Romanesque, Southern Cross, stained glass, Sydney, Sydney Town Hall, symbolism, trident, Union Jack, window
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One of two neo-romanesque with rounded heads and stylised borders designed by Frenchman Lucian Henry and manufactured by Goodlet & Smith for the Sydney Town Hall auditorium, at a time when national fervour was running high in the late nineteenth century. These windows are reminiscent of Romanesque or Norman figural windows dating from the eleventh century. A tall allegorical figure, which doubtless personifies the colony of NSW, wears a helmet of ram’s horns encircled by the sun’s rays. She carries a miner’s lantern and a trident. The figure is draped in the Union Jack, and framed by four white stars on blue grounds in the shape of the Southern Cross. The fifth star is placed upon the woman’s forehead. Symbolism of this type has decidedly classical and also medieval precedents (See James Hall, Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art, 2nd Edition, Boulder, Westview Press, 2008, p.316). The woman stands astride the globe, which is inscribed with her name. The central window is flanked by decorative (and recognisably) Australian floral sidelights adorned with the words ‘Advance Australia’ and the dates of the centenary (1788-1888). This ‘Australia’ window is one of two inspirational Lucien Henry stair windows installed to celebrate Sydney’s centenary and to promote the developing national identity narrative.
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Lucien Henry (designer)
Goodlet & Smith (manufacturers)
Date
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Sydney, 1887-88 (windows)
Sydney, c. 1989 (photograph)
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© City of Sydney Archives
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New South Wales
Norman Revival
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Southern Cross
stained glass
Sydney
Sydney Town Hall
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trident
Union Jack
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