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â€˜Inferno, canto XIII: The Forest of Suicidesâ€™ by Fiona Hall

This photographic artwork by Australian artist Fiona Hall belongs to a series titled ‘Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy’. It is held by The National Gallery of Australia and depicts a scene from canto XIII of Dante…

â€˜Chaucer at the Court of Edward IIIâ€™, by Ford Madox Brown

This large oil on canvas history painting by Victorian artist Ford Madox Brown was purchased (directly from the artist) by the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1876. Subtitled “Geoffrey Chaucer Reading the ‘Legend of Custance’ to…

â€˜The Vikingâ€™ poem

A poem by J.A. Fort published in the UK magazine The Spectator and reprinted on page 5 of the Adelaide newspaper The Register on September 25, 1926. The poem describes the attraction of going on a Viking raid by ship, including the knowledge that if…

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Four Seasons Gutter Protection

The website and advertisements for Four Season Gutter Protection feature four cartoon medieval foot soldiers wearing helmets and brandishing shields and weapons – flails (a type of mace) and spears or pikes. The heads of the weapons are in the…

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‘Meet Saltbush Bill – A Real Troubador of the Outback’, Western Mail, 1 July 1954

This interest piece from the Western Mail in 1954 introduces readers to Saltbush Bill, a travelling Australian folk band created and led by Queenslander William Rawle. The article likens the band to the troubadours of the medieval period, because…

Interview with Bernard Shaw, playwright. Miracle plays of medieval church as influences.

SMH 1920 Sat 15 May Bernard Shaw Miracle Play Medieval.pdf

Edith M. Fry interviews Bernard Shaw about his dramatic philosophy. Shaw claims that tragedy and comedy are intertwined. He delivers a short history of the theatre from Greek to modern times. He models his lack of scenery changes on stage from the…

Tags: Bernard Shaw, drama, Edith M. Fry, medieval church passion play, medieval mystery plays, medieval stage influence on Shawâ€™s drama, Miracle plays, Oberammergau Passion play, origins of modern theatre, play, plays, theatre, tragedy and comedy in theatre

Full Tilt jousting

Full Tilt is a jousting entertainment company run by Rod Walker based in the New South Wales city of Bathurst. They can be hired for events wherein performers dressed as medieval knights perform feats of swordplay before they put on a jousting…

Tags: Armour, Bathurst, costume, Full Tilt, Full Tilt Knight Riders, jousting, knight, lance, motorcycle, New South Wales, NSW, re-enactment, Rod Walker, sport, sword, tournament, video, website.

â€˜Mother and Childâ€™ by G. W. Bot

This linocut print, Mother and Child (1985), by artist G. W. Bot depicts a Madonna and child scene in which the frame is occupied almost exclusively by a Virgin Mary figure holding a child. Although held by a private collector, the piece was…

Tags: art, child, Christ, devotional, exhibition, G. W. Bot, icon, infant Jesus, Madonna, Mary, medieval painters, Mother, Mother and Child, religious art, spirituality, Virgin Mary

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