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Greensborough Historical Society
School Magazine, Renaissance 1991: Greensborough Secondary College. Yearbook, 1991_
Annual record of teaching staff, students and events that took place over the year by using both photos and reports. Headmaster / Principal - Mr. Richard Thomson.Edited by Margaret Willimott.40 pages, blue cover, Title "Renaissance 1991" in blue ink. Contains text, graphics and class photos. 2 copies.Item 826 has label on rear cover indicating owner: Margaret Willimott.greensborough secondary college, yearbook, renaissance, school magazines, margaret willimott -
Greensborough Historical Society
School Magazine, Renaissance 1990: Greensborough Secondary College. Yearbook, 1990_
Annual record of teaching staff, students and events that took place over the year by using both photos and reports. Headmaster / Principal - Mr. Dick Thomson. Edited by Margaret Willimott.This is the first yearbook after the amalgamation of Watsonia High and Watsonia Tech to form Greensborough Secondary College.Pages not numbered, blue cover, Title "Renaissance 1990" in blue ink. Contains text, graphics and class photos. Cover illustration includes “New VCE”. 3 copies.Copy 827 has label on back cover with name of owner.greensborough secondary college, yearbook, renaissance, school magazines, margaret willimott -
Greensborough Historical Society
School Magazine, Renaissance 1991: Greensborough Secondary College. Yearbook, 1991_
Annual record of teaching staff, students and events that took place over the year by using both photos and reports. Headmaster / Principal - Mr. Richard Thomson.Edited by Margaret Willimott.40 pages, blue cover, Title "Renaissance 1991" in blue ink. Contains text, graphics and class photos. greensborough secondary college -
Greensborough Historical Society
School Magazine, Renaissance 1990: Greensborough Secondary College. Yearbook, 1990_
Annual record of teaching staff, students and events that took place over the year by using both photos and reports. Headmaster / Principal - Mr. Dick Thomson. Edited by Margaret Willimott.This is the first yearbook after the amalgamation of Watsonia High and Watsonia Tech to form Greensborough Secondary College.Pages not numbered, blue cover, Title "Renaissance 1990" in blue ink. Contains text, graphics and class photos. Cover illustration includes “New VCE”greensborough secondary college -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Andrew Dodd, JJ Clark Architect of the Australian Renaissance, 2012
"JJ Clark Architect of the Australian Renaissance" by Andrew Dodd. 272 page hardback - orange covers with white dustcover. Featuring photo of the old Treasury. (Sandridge buildings pages 56 & 57)architecture, immigration, john james clark, andrew dodd, janet bolitho, sandridge courthouse, sandridge post office and mail exchange -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Handbook of the arts of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 1855
This book was translated from the French of M. Jules Labarte.Charcoal hard covered book with over 200 beautiful black and white woodcut illustrations. Illustrations include: Ivory chair at Ravenna - Abbey of Lorsch Martha and Mary advancing to the savior (Chichester Cathedral sculpture) The Navicella mosaic by Giotto Crown of Charlemagne (Imperial Treasury Vienna) Sword of Charlemagne (Imperial Treasury Vienna) Shrine of the Migi (Cologne Cathedral) Cup of Lapis Lazuli Iron Crown of the Lombards (Monza Cathedral) Irish Harp Bayeux TapestryLibrary cards, dates stamps, etcballarat technical art school library, library cards and date stamps, book plate, art, middle ages, renaissance -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Lutterworth Press, European weapons and armour : from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution, 1980
he invasion of Italy by France in 1494 sowed the dragon's teeth of all successive European wars, and accelerated the pressures to devise ever more effective armaments and methods of warfare." "This account of the story of arms over the period covers in detail the development of the handgun and the pike, the use and style of staff-weapons, mace and axe and war-hammer, dagger and dirk and bayonet. Armour is shown attaining its full Renaissance splendour then suffering its later decline; the history of the sword, Ewart Oakeshott's special interest, is followed to the late eighteenth century when it ceased to be part of everyday wear: cause or effect, the far-reaching effects of the Industrial Revolution on military armaments had begun.Index, bib, ill, p.288.non-fictionhe invasion of Italy by France in 1494 sowed the dragon's teeth of all successive European wars, and accelerated the pressures to devise ever more effective armaments and methods of warfare." "This account of the story of arms over the period covers in detail the development of the handgun and the pike, the use and style of staff-weapons, mace and axe and war-hammer, dagger and dirk and bayonet. Armour is shown attaining its full Renaissance splendour then suffering its later decline; the history of the sword, Ewart Oakeshott's special interest, is followed to the late eighteenth century when it ceased to be part of everyday wear: cause or effect, the far-reaching effects of the Industrial Revolution on military armaments had begun.military technology - history, armour - europe - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Macmillan, The Renaissance : studies in art and poetry, 1922
A history of art and poetry in the renaissance periodp.238.non-fictionA history of art and poetry in the renaissance periodrenaissance - history, renaissance - art and poetry -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Art Ages, 1929 (exact)
Pedro J. Lemos was an educator and artist. He was also the editor of the School of Arts Magazine and Director of Stanford University Museum of Fine Arts. He was born in 1882 and died in 1954. This art portfolio contains ten periods of art history: Egyptian, Assyrian, Grecian, Roman, Byzantine, Romanesque, Saracenic, Gothic, Renaissance and Georgian. Some of the images are: The Temple of Luxor in Egypt, Temple of Zeus, the Arch of Titus, Gothic cathedral in Cologne, Assyrian furniture and weapons, Greek architectural decorations, Byzantine costumes, Renaissance weapons and household articles, plus much more. Blue, large, hard cover. Black tape edges and spine. Title is written in orange on front cover. Ribbon ties stitched to the edge of the cover used to close book by tying them together. Loose pages showing coloured and b/w illustrations of the ages of art. Includes fold-out text booklet with five pages. The book has a number of coloured prints of examples of art through the ages, including Egyptian, Assyrian, Grecian, Roman, Byzantine, Romanesque, Saracenic, Gothic, Renaissance and Georgian. Inside the front cover there is a plate titled "Ballarat Techincal Art School Library no. R/400". It is also stamped with the publisher's details. art, art ages, pedro j lemos, historic art, egyptian art, grecian art, roman art, byzantine art, romanesque art, saracenic art, gothic art, renaissance art, american colonial art, assyrian art, ancient costumes, ancient weapons, ancient instruments, ancient household articles, ancient furniture, ancient architectural, textile decorations -
Mont De Lancey
Embroidery pattern
Hand embroidered.Butterfly pattern on calico, partially completed in Renaissance Work or Point Lace, with pulled thread, lace braid and cotton embroidery thread stitching.textileworking patterns, household textiles, tableware -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Donna Leslie, Aboriginal art : creativity and assimilation, 2008
Chapters entitled History of Aboriginal Art, Imagining Albert Namatjira, Indigenous Renaissance, Creative Revolution, The Art of Les Griggs and The Art of Lin Onus.colour photographs, b&w photographs, colour illustrations, document reproductionsyorta yorta, cummeragunja, albert namatjira, les griggs, lin onus, indigenous art -
Mont De Lancey
Tablecloth, circa 1900
Worked by Miss Lily Sebire about 1900.White tablecloth in Renaissance work, also known as point lace. Braid is stitched onto a calico pattern, then linked by needle and thread in a variety of designs.tablecloths, embroidery -
Tennis Australia
Page from Magazine, Jul-03
Pages 194-197 of Country Life in America (July, 1903), featuring an article by Charles P. Sawyer, entitled:THE RENAISSANCE OF TENNIS. Materials: Paper, Inktennis -
Mont De Lancey
Embroidery pattern
Calico embroidery pattern for table runner, intended for Renaissance work, or Point Lace. The blue printed pattern depicts leaves and flowers the whole length of the runner." L.B. Lacet Runner. J.W. with a crown in between the two letters, No. 4322" in top left hand corner of the runner and "Worked with Point Braid No. 261" in the top right hande corner. The same inscriptions are found repeated at the other end of the runner.household textiles., tableware, textileworking patterns -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - TANKARD
Part of the Kevin John Herman, No. 397661, Collection. See Cat No. 5942P for details of his service record.Barrel shaped silver coloured pewter tankard with handle. Engraved details on one side. Manufacturer's logo and details stamped on base.Engraved on side: “PRESENTED BY, RCSC, TO MAJ. K.J. HERDMAN RFD, ON RETIREMENT, 30 JUN 88.” Stamped on base; Logo (Fler de lis symbol), RENAISSANCE PEWTER, (in a circle).memorabilia, tankard, kevin john herdman -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - POST OFFICE
Postcard: Image shows Bendigo Post Office, viewed from Pall Mall. Palm trees in foreground. On back ' Post Office Bendigo, Victoria' Built in the Italian renaissance style, and opened to the public in 1887, this fine building with its 142 foot clock tower is a local land mark.Plastichrome, Murfett Publishersbendigo, buildings, post office, post office, bendigo, italian renaissance, plastichrome, murfett publishers -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Banister Fletcher, A History of Architecture, 1921
This book was used by architect Herbert L. Coburn. It belonged to the late Frederick Russell King who trained at the Ballarat School of Mines during the 1930sBlue cloth covered book with gold detail. 932 pages.Written in front inside cover "Herbert L. Coburn"ballarat tecnical art school, architecture, herbert l. coburn, frederick russell king, renaissance, gothic, h.l. coburn -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Charles Auguste Albert Racinet, Polychromatic Ornament, 1877 (exact)
Monsieur Charles Auguste Albert Racinet was born in Paris on July 20th, 1825. His job was representative of a group of 19th-century industrial draughtsmen, teachers of technical drawing and factory studio manager. He helped in spreading the most significant design of the decorative arts of the time. Racinet learned his trade from his father. He was trained by neo-classical artists in the ambit of Percier and Fontaine. August Racinet was influenced by the Schinkel tendency and supported by architects such as Hittorf and Voillet-le-Duc.Book. Large red leather cover. Title written in gold on spine. Illustrations (black & white), 100 of chromolithographic plates in gold, silver and colours. Various styles of ancient, oriental and medieval art including the Renaissance, the 17th, and the 18th centuries. Subjects are arranged in historical order. Text translated from the original French. The book includes a table of contents, a list of plates, a classified index and an introduction.A book plate inside front cover with a heading "Ballarat School of Art Library No. R/171. Stamped with "Reference","Education Department" and "Ballarat School of Art Library"art, paintings, textile, designs, decoration and craft, ornaments, ballarat technical art school library, bookplate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: AUSTRALIAN NATIVES ASSOCIATION HALL
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Australian natives association hall: the renaissance-style Australian natives association hall in View Street was next to the Masonic Hall and had a frontage of 75 feet. The public hall was capable of holding 500 people and the building designed by William Beebe, cost 4,500 pounds. Demolished in 1970, it was replaced with new ANA offices and a motelnewspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Entrance to ‘Southesk’, Cotham Road, 1970
Colour enlargement of a photograph (slide) of Southesk (formerly Ordsall) in Cotham Road, Kew (demolished 1970).Rare colour photograph of the exterior of SoutheskA colour enlargement of the entrance to ‘Southesk’. Formerly known as ‘Ordsall’, the house was built for John Halfey in 1882 on the corner of Cotham Road and Charles Street. This Italianate mansion was built in the Renaissance villa style on a bluestone plinth. The picture provides photographic evidence of the tiling on the veranda and the typically arched doorway. The neon sign above the door was added during the period when it was owned by the City of Kew (1948-70).david carnegie, john halfey, southesk - cotham road - kew (vic), ordsall - cotham road - kew (vic) -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Textile - Tape Lace in large illustrated envelope
White tape lace on a card which is enclosed in a large illustrated envelope. The mid 19th century 'Renaissance Lace' is wound around cardboard which is in the large envelope. The lace depicts five petaled daisies with an eyelet on each side. The envelope is illustrated with drawings of snowdrops. It opens on the front with small snowdrops drawn around the square opening. On the right hand top corner there is a drawing of mountains with a village in the valley.'Snow-Bleach Embroidery' Man. in Switzerland. Guaranteed to retain its Snow-Whiteness. 'All Cotton' No. 83177 20yds E600handcrafts, lacemaking, documents, envelopes -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Print - Photocopies of Cheques in the 1880s, abt 1970-1990s
The Commercial Bank of Australia was established in 1866. In Bendigo it was initially in Pall Mall but in 1875 a new building was designed by Vahland and Getzschmann in the Renaissance revival style and was erected at 11 View Point. In 1982 the CBA merged with the Bank of NSW to become Westpac.Photocopy of Cheques used in Bendigo in the 1880s. 20 assorted cheques on plain blue paper. Amounts on cheques vary - Commercial Bank of Australia - on the rear 'amounts in gold, notes, silver and copper to be listed. Purpose of these unknown.history, bendigo, cheques, commercial bank of australia -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Work on paper - Invitation, From the Sacred to the Profane, 2014
This is the program of the 2014-5 exhibition at the Warrnambool Art Gallery, ‘From the Sacred to the Profane – The Challenges and Possibilities of Renaissance Art’. This exhibition was a joint project between the National Gallery of Victoria and the Warrnambool Art Gallery and was officially opened in December 2014 by the Director of the National Gallery of Victoria, Tony Ellwood. This program is of interest as a souvenir of an exhibition in Warrnambool that was an important one as it featured historical and valuable works of art from the National Gallery of Victoria. This is a sheet of paper folded to make six sides. One side has a plasticized surface. The pages have a black background with white and red printing on five sides and a colour photograph of a painting on the front page. The back page has the logos of the Warrnambool Art Gallery Foundation, the Victorian State Government, Arts Victoria, Warrnambool City Council and Deakin Worldly.national gallery of victoria, warrnambool art gallery, art in victoria, renaissance art, warrnambool history -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, The Five Orders of Architecture: according to Vignola, Possibly 1931
Giacomo Barozzi was born at Vignola. He was called Vignola after the name of the town where he was born. Giacomo was an Italian architect of 16th century. He was among those Italian architects who spread the Italian Renaissance style throughout Western Europe. His two masterpieces are the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Jesuits' Church of the Gesù in Rome. A blue cloth hard cover book. Title and author's name is engraved in gilt on front cover and spine. Illustrations in b/w. It includes 26 p. of text and 66 b/w plates, notes on the plates and a glossary of French and English terms. The book also includes studies of shadow projection and the orders and thier application.A bookplate inside front cover titled 'Ballarat School of Art Library No. AD/13. A library due date card with patron's name "Vignola, G.B da" date: 24/4/1968.roman architecture, greek architecture, orders of architecture, vignola, doric order, tuscan order, ionic order, corinthian order, composite order, shadow projection, arch of titus, bookplate, library plate, ballarat technical art school library -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Façade of ‘Southesk', Cotham Road, 1970
Colour enlargement of a photograph (slide) of Southesk (formerly Ordsall) in Cotham Road, Kew (demolished 1970).Colour photograph of the front lawn and façade of ‘Southesk’ (formerly ‘Ordsall’, built for John Halfey in 1882). The house was located on the corner of Cotham Road and Charles Street, Kew. The Italianate mansion was built in the Renaissance villa style on a bluestone plinth. Two balustrades surrounded the parapet of the roof and ran between the groups of pillars on either side of the entrance porch. The verandah was tiled and wide and Corinthian columns supported its roof. When the house passed into the hands of the City of Kew in 1948, the landscaping and formal flower beds were removed and replaced by lawns.The house was demolished in 1970.david carnegie, john halfey, southesk - cotham road - kew (vic), ordsall - cotham road - kew (vic) -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1961
This 1961 set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica was issued to Robin Boyd in acknowledgement of his contribution, the entry on 'Residential Architecture'. It consists of seven pages of text and four black and white pages of plates that cover the history of residential architecture. There are subsections on many time periods: Primitive, Egyptian, Western Asiatic, Greek, Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical, Colonial, Victorian, 20th Century and Asiatic.Robin Boyd's contribution to Volume 19 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.24 Hardcover bound volumesThere is a certificate inside the front cover of Volume 01, issued to Robin Boyd for contributing to the Encyclopedia, Volume 19.architecture, residential architecture, encyclopedia britannica, robin boyd, walsh st library, ohm2022, ohm2022_2 -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Adobe Press, We are what we stand on : a personal history of the Eltham community / by Alistair Knox, 1980
The chapters include: Justus Jorgensen & Montsalvat; the metamorphosis of the middle-class; the pise-de-terre connection; early building experiences; historic landmarks; the mud-brick revival; the Tarnagulla Dunolly Moliagul triangle; the Socio-Aesthetic Society; the renaissance of the Australian film industry; the Eltham inhabitants & their environment; the rediscovery of the Indigenous landscape; the Dunmoochin episode; the Dunmoochin potters; Clifton Pugh's success; the coming of the corporate state.Paperback; xiii, 143 p. : ill. ISBN: 0949909009justus jorgensen, clifton pugh, social customs -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Façade of ‘Southesk', Cotham Road, 1970
Colour enlargement of a photograph (slide) of Southesk (formerly Ordsall) in Cotham Road, Kew (demolished 1970).A colour photograph of the façade of ‘Southesk’ taken at an oblique angle. Formerly known as ‘Ordsall’, the house was built for John Halfey in 1882 on the corner of Cotham Road and Charles Street. The Italianate mansion was built in the Renaissance villa style on a bluestone plinth. Two balustrades surrounded the parapet of the roof and ran between the groups of pillars on either side of the entrance porch. The verandah was tiled and wide and Corinthian columns supported its roof. When the house passed into the hands of the City of Kew in 1948, the Council used it for a kindergarten, an elderly citizen centre and as a home for the Leo Baeck Centre. The house was demolished in 1970.david carnegie, john halfey, southesk - cotham road - kew (vic), ordsall - cotham road - kew (vic) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Façade of ‘Southesk', Cotham Road, Stewart West, 1970
Colour enlargement of a photograph (slide) of Southesk (formerly Ordsall) in Cotham Road, Kew (demolished 1970).A colour photograph of the façade of ‘Southesk’ taken at an oblique angle. Formerly known as ‘Ordsall’, the house was built for John Halfey in 1882 on the corner of Cotham Road and Charles Street. The Italianate mansion was built in the Renaissance villa style on a bluestone plinth. Two balustrades surrounded the parapet of the roof and ran between the groups of pillars on either side of the entrance porch. The verandah was tiled and wide and Corinthian columns supported its roof. When the house passed into the hands of the City of Kew in 1948, the Council used it for a kindergarten, an elderly citizen centre and as a home for the Leo Baeck Centre. The house was demolished in 1970.david carnegie, john halfey, southesk - cotham road - kew (vic), ordsall - cotham road - kew (vic) -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Historic Ornament Parts I and II. Ballarat Technical Art School Art History Books, 1931
Edith CURNOW (1913–2003) Ballarat | Australia Edith Gertrude Curnow undertook Industrial Art teacher training at the Ballarat Technical Art School, with a five-year Senior Technical Scholarship, between 1926 and 1931. She taught for a time before marrying compositor James Lawn in 1937. She reportedly continued to teach at the Ballarat Technical Art School as Edith Lawn. She retired in 1972 at which time she was the Lecturer in Charge of Craft Edith Lawn was a member of inaugural Ballarat School of Mines Old Girls Association, and served as first Press Correspondent. Her daughter, Valda Lawn (later D'Angri) also attended and taught at the School. One of the subjects Curnow studied was Historic Ornament. This subject spanned time and space to inform and inspire designers. Students studied the influences of history, geography, culture and climate on ornamental aesthetics, including the tools, materials and methods applied to decorative objects, interior design and architecture.Two books containing student notes and drawing relating to courses at the Ballarat techncial Art School in 1931. The work was undertaken by Edith Curnow. .1) - Foolscap red covered book on Historic Ornament. Includes History of Ornament, Egyptian Ornament, Assyrian Ornament; Greek Ornament, Roman Ornament, Pompeian Ornament, Byzantine, Romanesque Ornament, Norman, Decorated Gothic, Perpendicular Gothic, Renaissance. .2) Green quarto book on Historic Ornament Part 2: Costume. The work includes Egyptian Costume, Greek Costume, Roman Costume, Richard I, Crusades, Edward III, Charles I, Charles II, George II.ballarat school of mines, ballarat technical art school, art history, edith lawn, edith curnow, val lawn, val d'angri, curnow, lawn, ornament, costume., ballarat technical art school library, artists workbook, journal, historic ornament, university women, ballarat school of mines old girls association