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Black + White + Grey. The Lives + Works of Eric Gill + Robert Gibbings. Online exhibition
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29 May 2015
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In 1946, artist Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) visited his friend John Harris, who was then University Librarian at the University of Otago. Gibbings gave Harris five printed vellum sheets: three of Chaucer’s <em>The Canterbury Tales</em> (1929-31) and two of John Keats’s <em>Lamia</em> (1928). Both these titles were printed at The Golden Cockerel Press, which Gibbings owned from 1924 to 1933. One of the ‘Canterbury’ sheets contained an important addition: illustrations executed by Eric Gill (1882-1940), sculptor, stone cutter, engraver, and typographer. This vellum sheet is a small representative of the work that Gibbings and Gill did together, including the collaboration that resulted in <em>The Canterbury Tales</em>, and <em>The Four Gospels</em> (1931), which has been called ‘the typographical masterpiece of the 20th century’ (John Dreyfus). Both Gibbings and Gill were sons of clergymen; Gibbings visited New Zealand; Gill’s father was born in the South Seas in 1848; both wrote extensively on a wide range of topics; both were members of the Society of Wood Engravers (founded in 1920); both were talented artists; and both were prolific wood-engravers. And importantly for this exhibition, both made and designed books, although at first they were both typographically naïve. Their bookish collaboration lasted from 1925 to 1931. Both men have had a lasting influence in the artistic world. Gibbings created some outstanding limited edition books through his The Golden Cockerel Press. He also left some marvellously lyrical travelogues on places such as Tahiti and Ireland. Gill’s legacy is perhaps more evident. His sculptures are found in institutions throughout the world; his line illustrations are frequently reproduced; and importantly, there are his typefaces such as Perpetua and Gill Sans (the typeface used for this exhibition); the latter often used by modern-day book-makers and designers today. This exhibition is based on holdings within Special Collections. It is an overview, offering a glimpse into the lives and work of these two gifted artists.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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'Approaching Dawn' reproduced from Eric Gill, The Engravings edited by Christopher Skelton
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1990
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Special Collections NE642 G5 A4 1990
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Engravings
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London: The Herbert Press
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From autumn to spring 1926-27, the Gill family stayed at Salies-de-Béarn, a town at the foothills of the Pyrenees. While there Eric produced about 60 engravings for The Golden Cockerel Press edition of <em>Troilus and Criseyde</em> (1927). This engraving, ‘Approaching Dawn’, may have been one of them.
Engravings
Eric Gill
Robert Gibbings
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Black + White + Grey. The Lives + Works of Eric Gill + Robert Gibbings. Online exhibition
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29 May 2015
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In 1946, artist Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) visited his friend John Harris, who was then University Librarian at the University of Otago. Gibbings gave Harris five printed vellum sheets: three of Chaucer’s <em>The Canterbury Tales</em> (1929-31) and two of John Keats’s <em>Lamia</em> (1928). Both these titles were printed at The Golden Cockerel Press, which Gibbings owned from 1924 to 1933. One of the ‘Canterbury’ sheets contained an important addition: illustrations executed by Eric Gill (1882-1940), sculptor, stone cutter, engraver, and typographer. This vellum sheet is a small representative of the work that Gibbings and Gill did together, including the collaboration that resulted in <em>The Canterbury Tales</em>, and <em>The Four Gospels</em> (1931), which has been called ‘the typographical masterpiece of the 20th century’ (John Dreyfus). Both Gibbings and Gill were sons of clergymen; Gibbings visited New Zealand; Gill’s father was born in the South Seas in 1848; both wrote extensively on a wide range of topics; both were members of the Society of Wood Engravers (founded in 1920); both were talented artists; and both were prolific wood-engravers. And importantly for this exhibition, both made and designed books, although at first they were both typographically naïve. Their bookish collaboration lasted from 1925 to 1931. Both men have had a lasting influence in the artistic world. Gibbings created some outstanding limited edition books through his The Golden Cockerel Press. He also left some marvellously lyrical travelogues on places such as Tahiti and Ireland. Gill’s legacy is perhaps more evident. His sculptures are found in institutions throughout the world; his line illustrations are frequently reproduced; and importantly, there are his typefaces such as Perpetua and Gill Sans (the typeface used for this exhibition); the latter often used by modern-day book-makers and designers today. This exhibition is based on holdings within Special Collections. It is an overview, offering a glimpse into the lives and work of these two gifted artists.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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'Beatrice Ward' (1926) reproduced from Eric Gill, The Engravings edited by Christopher Skelton
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1990
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Special Collections NE642 G5 A4 1990
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Engravings
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London: The Herbert Press
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Mrs Beatrice Ward was known as the ‘First Lady of Typography’. She modelled for Gill’s frontispiece in <em>Art-Nonsense and Other Essays</em> (1929) and was his main model for his<em> Twenty-Five Nudes</em> (1938). This portrait engraving (second state) was completed in 1926.
Engravings
Eric Gill
Robert Gibbings
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Black + White + Grey. The Lives + Works of Eric Gill + Robert Gibbings. Online exhibition
Date Created
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29 May 2015
Abstract
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In 1946, artist Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) visited his friend John Harris, who was then University Librarian at the University of Otago. Gibbings gave Harris five printed vellum sheets: three of Chaucer’s <em>The Canterbury Tales</em> (1929-31) and two of John Keats’s <em>Lamia</em> (1928). Both these titles were printed at The Golden Cockerel Press, which Gibbings owned from 1924 to 1933. One of the ‘Canterbury’ sheets contained an important addition: illustrations executed by Eric Gill (1882-1940), sculptor, stone cutter, engraver, and typographer. This vellum sheet is a small representative of the work that Gibbings and Gill did together, including the collaboration that resulted in <em>The Canterbury Tales</em>, and <em>The Four Gospels</em> (1931), which has been called ‘the typographical masterpiece of the 20th century’ (John Dreyfus). Both Gibbings and Gill were sons of clergymen; Gibbings visited New Zealand; Gill’s father was born in the South Seas in 1848; both wrote extensively on a wide range of topics; both were members of the Society of Wood Engravers (founded in 1920); both were talented artists; and both were prolific wood-engravers. And importantly for this exhibition, both made and designed books, although at first they were both typographically naïve. Their bookish collaboration lasted from 1925 to 1931. Both men have had a lasting influence in the artistic world. Gibbings created some outstanding limited edition books through his The Golden Cockerel Press. He also left some marvellously lyrical travelogues on places such as Tahiti and Ireland. Gill’s legacy is perhaps more evident. His sculptures are found in institutions throughout the world; his line illustrations are frequently reproduced; and importantly, there are his typefaces such as Perpetua and Gill Sans (the typeface used for this exhibition); the latter often used by modern-day book-makers and designers today. This exhibition is based on holdings within Special Collections. It is an overview, offering a glimpse into the lives and work of these two gifted artists.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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'St Kevin' by Robert Gibbings reproduced from Beasts and Saints
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1942
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Special Collections BR1710 BB88. Reproduced by permission of the Robert Gibbings Estate and the Heather Chalcroft Literary Agency
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Engravings
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London: Constable and Company
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This engraving accompanies the story – ‘St Kevin and the Boar’ – in Helen Waddell’s <em>Beasts and Saints</em>. Gibbings produced thirty-one engravings for the volume with stories translated from the Latin by Waddell. Over 30,000 copies were produced.
Engravings
Eric Gill
Robert Gibbings
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Black + White + Grey. The Lives + Works of Eric Gill + Robert Gibbings. Online exhibition
Date Created
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29 May 2015
Abstract
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In 1946, artist Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) visited his friend John Harris, who was then University Librarian at the University of Otago. Gibbings gave Harris five printed vellum sheets: three of Chaucer’s <em>The Canterbury Tales</em> (1929-31) and two of John Keats’s <em>Lamia</em> (1928). Both these titles were printed at The Golden Cockerel Press, which Gibbings owned from 1924 to 1933. One of the ‘Canterbury’ sheets contained an important addition: illustrations executed by Eric Gill (1882-1940), sculptor, stone cutter, engraver, and typographer. This vellum sheet is a small representative of the work that Gibbings and Gill did together, including the collaboration that resulted in <em>The Canterbury Tales</em>, and <em>The Four Gospels</em> (1931), which has been called ‘the typographical masterpiece of the 20th century’ (John Dreyfus). Both Gibbings and Gill were sons of clergymen; Gibbings visited New Zealand; Gill’s father was born in the South Seas in 1848; both wrote extensively on a wide range of topics; both were members of the Society of Wood Engravers (founded in 1920); both were talented artists; and both were prolific wood-engravers. And importantly for this exhibition, both made and designed books, although at first they were both typographically naïve. Their bookish collaboration lasted from 1925 to 1931. Both men have had a lasting influence in the artistic world. Gibbings created some outstanding limited edition books through his The Golden Cockerel Press. He also left some marvellously lyrical travelogues on places such as Tahiti and Ireland. Gill’s legacy is perhaps more evident. His sculptures are found in institutions throughout the world; his line illustrations are frequently reproduced; and importantly, there are his typefaces such as Perpetua and Gill Sans (the typeface used for this exhibition); the latter often used by modern-day book-makers and designers today. This exhibition is based on holdings within Special Collections. It is an overview, offering a glimpse into the lives and work of these two gifted artists.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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'Our Lady of Lourdes' reproduced from Eric Gill, The Engravings edited by Christopher Skelton
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___
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1990
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Special Collections NE642 G5 A4 1990
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Engravings
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London: The Herbert Press
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Of Gill’s engraving ability, Hilary Pepler noted his ‘sureness and steadiness of his hand at minute detail’. This coloured woodcut of <em>Our Lady of Lourdes</em> (1920) was done by Gill in 1920 when he was living at Hopkins Crank, Ditchling Common, Sussex.
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Enlarging the prospects of happiness: European travel writing through the ages. Online exhibition
Description
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Discoveries of new places, customs and climates always fascinate. While few of us possess the stamina, courage or funds to undertake marvellous or exotic voyages, we eagerly await reports of the exploits of famous travellers. It is little surprise that National Geographic magazine enjoys one of the largest readerships in English. Accounts of travel appear to have been popular from the beginning, though readers in earlier ages clearly sought different sorts of enlightenment expressed in quite different styles. This highly selective record of travel accounts over the past 500 years reveals both continuities and variations as readers explore new possibilities of worship, trade, social and political structures, and new ways of understanding their own place in the world.
Drawn primarily from the riches of the de Beer collection, with other material from special collections and Central Library holdings and from the Hocken Library and pictorial collections, this exhibition displays the remarkable breadth of the University's treasures. Moving outward from Rome as the centre of the European imagination, we traverse Europe through the mid-19th century, roam the Atlantic to the Americas and Africa, and finally conquer the Pacific in search of new territory and ideas. We witness travellers as pilgrims, explorers, diplomats and tourists. We encounter new creatures, renewed appreciation of domestic attractions, and a constant tension between fact and fiction. While the material displayed focuses primarily on works in English, similar publications appeared in every European language.
The exhibition curated by Dr Shef Rogers and was opened on Thursday 20 June 2002 at 5.30pm.
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Florence
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As a historian of his birthplace, Migliore celebrates the grandeur of Florence in this elegant guidebook.
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Ancisa, Pietro Antonio dell
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Firenze citta nobilissima illvstrata da Ferdinando Leopoldo del Migliore. Prima, seconda, e terza parte del primo libro
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Firenze, Stamp. della Stella
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1684
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Holland family
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Engravings
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Special Collections de Beer Ib/1684/M
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Florence
Great cities of Italy
Travel
Writing
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Dr Hocken's Original Pictures
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This showcase offers a representational sample of the pictures that Dr T. M. Hocken gave in trust for the people of New Zealand. At the time of his death in 1910 he had amassed 437 pictorial items, a collection of more than 4,000 printed volumes, as well as photographs, manuscripts and maps. Collectively these items are the Hocken Library’s founding gift and Dr Hocken’s abiding interest in the history of Southern New Zealand continues to shape what the Hocken collects today and preserves for the future benefit of researchers.
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Dr T. M. Hocken
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Iohann Reinhold Forster.
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Iohann Reinhold Forster. Iohann Georg Forster. von D. Berger Geatz 1782.
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Forster, Johann Reinhold, 1729-1798
Forster, Georg, 1754-1794
Portraits
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On label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Johann Reinhold Forster, L.L.D, F.R.S., F.A.S. 1729-1798. Johann Georg Adam Forster, M.D., 1754-1794. Father & son. Accompanied Cook on his second voyage. Conjointly wrote Observations &c on the voyage & its Botany. T.M. Hocken; label: Na te Hakena Tenei Tiki.
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Berger, D. (Daniel), 1744-1825
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Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.
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1782
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1782
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164 x 108 mm
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engraving on paper
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eng
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Image
Still Image
Engravings
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Hocken Pictorial Collections - 12,944
a988
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Nineteenth century
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Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.
Dr Hocken's Original Pictures
Engravings
Forster
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Nineteenth century
Portraits
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Works of Art
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Enlarging the prospects of happiness: European travel writing through the ages. Online exhibition
Description
An account of the resource
Discoveries of new places, customs and climates always fascinate. While few of us possess the stamina, courage or funds to undertake marvellous or exotic voyages, we eagerly await reports of the exploits of famous travellers. It is little surprise that National Geographic magazine enjoys one of the largest readerships in English. Accounts of travel appear to have been popular from the beginning, though readers in earlier ages clearly sought different sorts of enlightenment expressed in quite different styles. This highly selective record of travel accounts over the past 500 years reveals both continuities and variations as readers explore new possibilities of worship, trade, social and political structures, and new ways of understanding their own place in the world.
Drawn primarily from the riches of the de Beer collection, with other material from special collections and Central Library holdings and from the Hocken Library and pictorial collections, this exhibition displays the remarkable breadth of the University's treasures. Moving outward from Rome as the centre of the European imagination, we traverse Europe through the mid-19th century, roam the Atlantic to the Americas and Africa, and finally conquer the Pacific in search of new territory and ideas. We witness travellers as pilgrims, explorers, diplomats and tourists. We encounter new creatures, renewed appreciation of domestic attractions, and a constant tension between fact and fiction. While the material displayed focuses primarily on works in English, similar publications appeared in every European language.
The exhibition curated by Dr Shef Rogers and was opened on Thursday 20 June 2002 at 5.30pm.
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Pisa
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Although the tower of Pisa was already leaning by its completion date in 1370, not all seventeenth-century pictures show the slant as clearly as this one. From a family of booksellers, engravers, typographers and cartographers, Pietro Bertelli drew upon the inherited skills and knowledge of his entire family in creating this impressive survey of Italian cities.
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Bertelli, Pietro
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Theatro delle citta d'Italia
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Padova : F. Bertelli
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1629
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Bertelli, Francesco
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it
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Engravings
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Special Collections de Beer Ib/1629/B
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Italy
Great cities of Italy
Travel
Writing
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Enlarging the prospects of happiness: European travel writing through the ages. Online exhibition
Description
An account of the resource
Discoveries of new places, customs and climates always fascinate. While few of us possess the stamina, courage or funds to undertake marvellous or exotic voyages, we eagerly await reports of the exploits of famous travellers. It is little surprise that National Geographic magazine enjoys one of the largest readerships in English. Accounts of travel appear to have been popular from the beginning, though readers in earlier ages clearly sought different sorts of enlightenment expressed in quite different styles. This highly selective record of travel accounts over the past 500 years reveals both continuities and variations as readers explore new possibilities of worship, trade, social and political structures, and new ways of understanding their own place in the world.
Drawn primarily from the riches of the de Beer collection, with other material from special collections and Central Library holdings and from the Hocken Library and pictorial collections, this exhibition displays the remarkable breadth of the University's treasures. Moving outward from Rome as the centre of the European imagination, we traverse Europe through the mid-19th century, roam the Atlantic to the Americas and Africa, and finally conquer the Pacific in search of new territory and ideas. We witness travellers as pilgrims, explorers, diplomats and tourists. We encounter new creatures, renewed appreciation of domestic attractions, and a constant tension between fact and fiction. While the material displayed focuses primarily on works in English, similar publications appeared in every European language.
The exhibition curated by Dr Shef Rogers and was opened on Thursday 20 June 2002 at 5.30pm.
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Elegant picturesque views
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St. Michael's Mount
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While Boswell's impressive volume is more historical and topographical than Gilpin or Combe, his title reveals the emphasis readers and publishers placed on the 'views'. The 'pleasing effect' of St. Michael's Mount and its 'agreeable' situation with its 'pleasant and extensive' 'prospect' are not archaeologically or strategically significant, but they certainly make this remote corner of the kingdom worthy of a visit by the discerning tourist. Most of the descriptions of English sites first appeared in the London Magazine from 1747 to 1760.
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Boswell, Henry
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Historical descriptions of new and elegant picturesque views of the antiquities of England and Wales: being a grand copper-plate repository of elegance, taste, and entertainment. ... accompanied by elegant letter-press descriptions of the several places delineated: ... To which will be added, ... seats of the nobility and gentry ; ... Published under the inspection of Henry Boswell, ... assisted by Robert Hamilton, L.L.D. and other ingenious gentlemen ...
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London : printed for Alex. Hogg
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[1786]
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Hogg, Alexander, active 1778-1819
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Published in 100 parts, unpaginated, and 11 additional parts, numbered 16-25 and 27, signed A-L and paginated 1-42, entitled 'A general history of antient castles, forts, &c.', together with a preface, list of subscribers, and a list of plates.
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Engravings
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Special Collections Shoults Ec/1786/B
The picturesque
Travel
Writing
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Enlarging the prospects of happiness: European travel writing through the ages. Online exhibition
Description
An account of the resource
Discoveries of new places, customs and climates always fascinate. While few of us possess the stamina, courage or funds to undertake marvellous or exotic voyages, we eagerly await reports of the exploits of famous travellers. It is little surprise that National Geographic magazine enjoys one of the largest readerships in English. Accounts of travel appear to have been popular from the beginning, though readers in earlier ages clearly sought different sorts of enlightenment expressed in quite different styles. This highly selective record of travel accounts over the past 500 years reveals both continuities and variations as readers explore new possibilities of worship, trade, social and political structures, and new ways of understanding their own place in the world.
Drawn primarily from the riches of the de Beer collection, with other material from special collections and Central Library holdings and from the Hocken Library and pictorial collections, this exhibition displays the remarkable breadth of the University's treasures. Moving outward from Rome as the centre of the European imagination, we traverse Europe through the mid-19th century, roam the Atlantic to the Americas and Africa, and finally conquer the Pacific in search of new territory and ideas. We witness travellers as pilgrims, explorers, diplomats and tourists. We encounter new creatures, renewed appreciation of domestic attractions, and a constant tension between fact and fiction. While the material displayed focuses primarily on works in English, similar publications appeared in every European language.
The exhibition curated by Dr Shef Rogers and was opened on Thursday 20 June 2002 at 5.30pm.
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Boswell and Brydon
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James Boswell (In the dess of an armed Corsican Chief)
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By the second half of the eighteenth century, the grand tour had been so frequently recounted that Boswell and Brydone both sought more remote corners of Italy. Boswell's usual irrepressible enthusiasm and undaunted effrontery secured him the acquaintance of Pascal Paoli, a freedom fighter of his day, while Boswell's published account (1768) earned for its author the life-long soubriquet of Corsican Boswell. Brydone dedicated his account to William Beckford, responsible for the fashion of picturesque tours, who had initially suggested Brydone visit Sicily:
I remember to have heard you regret, that in all your peregrinations through Europe, you had ever neglected the island of Sicily; and had spent much of your time in running over the old beaten track, and in examining the thread-bare subjects of Italy and France; when probably there were a variety of objects, not less interesting, that still lay buried in oblivion in that celebrated island. (1-2)
Brydone clearly identified the interesting objects, for his work went through more than 20 editions in his lifetime.
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Boswell, James, 1740-1795
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The journal of a tour to Corsica : & memoirs of Pascal Paoli
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Date Created
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1923
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Roberts, S. C. (Sydney Castle), 1887-1966
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Engravings
Text
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109 Leith St Storage : Bliss YG/Bos4/R
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Corsica
Italy
Travel
Writing
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Dr Hocken's Original Pictures
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This showcase offers a representational sample of the pictures that Dr T. M. Hocken gave in trust for the people of New Zealand. At the time of his death in 1910 he had amassed 437 pictorial items, a collection of more than 4,000 printed volumes, as well as photographs, manuscripts and maps. Collectively these items are the Hocken Library’s founding gift and Dr Hocken’s abiding interest in the history of Southern New Zealand continues to shape what the Hocken collects today and preserves for the future benefit of researchers.
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Dr T. M. Hocken
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The Right Honourable Edward, Lord Hawke.
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The Right Honourable Edward, Lord Hawke. Baron of Towton. K.V. Vice-Admiral of Great Britain, First Lord of the Admiralty, Distinguished in Parliament, in the Cabinet and in battle, in the most eventful records of the British History, and always fortunate. To his R.H. the Duke of Clarence, and Officers of the British Navy, this print is most humbly dedicated by Jn.o Hall. Painted by Francis Cotes, RA, Engraved by Jn.o Hall, engraver to His Majesty. Printed by Craven Wm Richards. Published as the Act directs Dec.r 1, 1793 by J. Hall, Berwick Street, & T. Macklin, Fleet Street.
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Portraits
Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781
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Label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Admiral Lord Edward Hawke, 1705-1781. First Lord of the Admiralty, after whom Capt Cook named Hawke’s Bay. T.M. Hocken.
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Cotes, Francis, 1726-1770
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Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.
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J. Hall, Berwick Street, & T. Macklin, Fleet Street.
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1793
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362 x 277 mm
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engraving on paper
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Image
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Engravings
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Hocken Pictorial Collections - 12,903
a2501
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Nineteenth century
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Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.
Dr Hocken's Original Pictures
Engravings
Image
Lord Hawke
Nineteenth century
Portraits
Still Image
Works of Art
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Dr Hocken's Original Pictures
Description
An account of the resource
This showcase offers a representational sample of the pictures that Dr T. M. Hocken gave in trust for the people of New Zealand. At the time of his death in 1910 he had amassed 437 pictorial items, a collection of more than 4,000 printed volumes, as well as photographs, manuscripts and maps. Collectively these items are the Hocken Library’s founding gift and Dr Hocken’s abiding interest in the history of Southern New Zealand continues to shape what the Hocken collects today and preserves for the future benefit of researchers.
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Dr T. M. Hocken
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Cha.s Buller J.r From a painting by B.E. Duppa Esq.r Engraved by E. Scriven.
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Cha.s Buller J.r From a painting by B.E. Duppa Esq.r Engraved by E. Scriven. London, John Saunders Jun.r 7 Dyers Buildings Holborn Bars Proof. n.d.
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Portraits
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Duppa, B. E. (Bryan Edward), fl. 1832-1853
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Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.
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276 x 188 mm
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engraving on paper
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eng
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Engravings
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Hocken Pictorial Collections - 12,966
a3179
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Nineteenth century
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Dr T.M. Hocken’s Collection.
Dr Hocken's Original Pictures
Engravings
Image
Nineteenth century
Portraits
Still Image
Works of Art
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Enlarging the prospects of happiness: European travel writing through the ages. Online exhibition
Description
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Discoveries of new places, customs and climates always fascinate. While few of us possess the stamina, courage or funds to undertake marvellous or exotic voyages, we eagerly await reports of the exploits of famous travellers. It is little surprise that National Geographic magazine enjoys one of the largest readerships in English. Accounts of travel appear to have been popular from the beginning, though readers in earlier ages clearly sought different sorts of enlightenment expressed in quite different styles. This highly selective record of travel accounts over the past 500 years reveals both continuities and variations as readers explore new possibilities of worship, trade, social and political structures, and new ways of understanding their own place in the world.
Drawn primarily from the riches of the de Beer collection, with other material from special collections and Central Library holdings and from the Hocken Library and pictorial collections, this exhibition displays the remarkable breadth of the University's treasures. Moving outward from Rome as the centre of the European imagination, we traverse Europe through the mid-19th century, roam the Atlantic to the Americas and Africa, and finally conquer the Pacific in search of new territory and ideas. We witness travellers as pilgrims, explorers, diplomats and tourists. We encounter new creatures, renewed appreciation of domestic attractions, and a constant tension between fact and fiction. While the material displayed focuses primarily on works in English, similar publications appeared in every European language.
The exhibition curated by Dr Shef Rogers and was opened on Thursday 20 June 2002 at 5.30pm.
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Millenium Hall
Description
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Although Millenium Hall is fictional, the title-page presents it as a domestic tour, and the explicitly 'improving' aim of the work is not out of keeping with other travels of its day. John Newbery, to whom Scott dedicates her book, was the first major English publisher of books for children, and she shared his sentimental objectives even though she did not write this book for a younger audience.
The use of an anonymous male pseudonym befits the rather unusual voyeuristic frontispiece (Millenium Hall is a secular convent), but was primarily a way of lending the book, with its strong philosophical arguments for female education, a seriousness that Scott rightly believed a woman novelist's name would not evoke.
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Gentleman on his travels (Lady Barbara Montagu and Sarah Scott)
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A description of Millenium Hall, and the country adjacent: together with the characters of the inhabitants, and such historical anecdotes and reflections, as may excite in the reader proper sentiments of humanity, ... By a gentleman on his travels.
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London : printed for J. Newbery
Date Created
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1762
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Scott, Sarah, 1723-1795
Newbery, John, 1713-1767
Morris, Caroline
Christopher, M. F.
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Indexed in: Roscoe, A365(1)
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Engravings
Text
Identifier
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Special Collections: de Beer Eb/1762/S
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De Beer Collection copy. Pencil note by I.A. Williams on end paper.
De Beer Collection copy. Ownership inscriptions: Caroline Morris. M.F. Christopher, November 1859.
Travel
Women travellers
Writing
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Black + White + Grey. The Lives + Works of Eric Gill + Robert Gibbings. Online exhibition
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29 May 2015
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In 1946, artist Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) visited his friend John Harris, who was then University Librarian at the University of Otago. Gibbings gave Harris five printed vellum sheets: three of Chaucer’s <em>The Canterbury Tales</em> (1929-31) and two of John Keats’s <em>Lamia</em> (1928). Both these titles were printed at The Golden Cockerel Press, which Gibbings owned from 1924 to 1933. One of the ‘Canterbury’ sheets contained an important addition: illustrations executed by Eric Gill (1882-1940), sculptor, stone cutter, engraver, and typographer. This vellum sheet is a small representative of the work that Gibbings and Gill did together, including the collaboration that resulted in <em>The Canterbury Tales</em>, and <em>The Four Gospels</em> (1931), which has been called ‘the typographical masterpiece of the 20th century’ (John Dreyfus). Both Gibbings and Gill were sons of clergymen; Gibbings visited New Zealand; Gill’s father was born in the South Seas in 1848; both wrote extensively on a wide range of topics; both were members of the Society of Wood Engravers (founded in 1920); both were talented artists; and both were prolific wood-engravers. And importantly for this exhibition, both made and designed books, although at first they were both typographically naïve. Their bookish collaboration lasted from 1925 to 1931. Both men have had a lasting influence in the artistic world. Gibbings created some outstanding limited edition books through his The Golden Cockerel Press. He also left some marvellously lyrical travelogues on places such as Tahiti and Ireland. Gill’s legacy is perhaps more evident. His sculptures are found in institutions throughout the world; his line illustrations are frequently reproduced; and importantly, there are his typefaces such as Perpetua and Gill Sans (the typeface used for this exhibition); the latter often used by modern-day book-makers and designers today. This exhibition is based on holdings within Special Collections. It is an overview, offering a glimpse into the lives and work of these two gifted artists.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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A Typographical Masterpiece. An Account by John Dreyfus of Eric Gill’s collaboration with Robert Gibbings in producing the Golden Cockerel Press edition of The Four Gospels in 1931
Creator
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John Dreyfus
Date
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1991
Identifier
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Special Collections Z232 G63 DS19 1991
Type
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Engravings
Publisher
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London: Bain & Williams
Abstract
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Robert Gibbings once said of the process in creating the images and text in <em>The Four Gospels</em> (1931): ‘We had no rules for the putting together of these varied sizes of capitals. We allowed the type almost complete control, improvising the tune according to the notes suggested. It came about therefore, that almost every blank space left for the artist was different and that is one reason, I believe, for the liveliness which runs through the book . . .’. Here is The Nativity image and text from <em>The Four Gospels</em>, considered a typographical masterpiece of the 20th century.
Engravings
Eric Gill
Robert Gibbings
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Cultivating Gardens: Practical gardening advice through the ages. Online exhibition
Description
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Botanists rely on floras, and apothecaries on herbals for the critical task of plant identification. Gardeners need practical advice as well as descriptions of plants—such as on the best times to sow seeds and graft trees, on the latest varieties, on bulb storage, and on tools and techniques. The exhibition traces the development of practical English gardening books from the late 16th century to the Victorian era, and follows developments in 19th and 20th century New Zealand, where new manuals were written for local conditions.
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John Evelyn
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John Evelyn engraving by Sir Godfrey Kneller (1689?)
Diary and correspondence of John Evelyn, v.1
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John Evelyn was born in Wotton, Surrey, in 1620. He spent most of his early life in Lewes, Sussex. After being educated at Balliol College, Oxford, he spent several years travelling in Europe. Evelyn was a supporter of Charles I and after the King's execution in 1649 he went into exile. Evelyn returned in 1652 and eventually became a Fellow of the Royal Society. After the Restoration Evelyn joined the royal court of Charles II. In 1661 he published a book on pollution, The Inconvenience of the Air and Smoke of London Dissipated. This was followed by A Disclosure of Forest Trees (1664). After the Great Fire of London in 1666 Evelyn submitted proposals for the rebuilding of the capital. He also published Navigation and Commerce (1674). He died in 1706. His diaries covering the years 1641-1706 were found in an old clothes-basket in 1817 and provide vivid portraits of public figures of the period.
On his death, one major work by John Evelyn remained unpublished. It was an encyclopaedia prepared during the 1650s which he entitled Elysium Britannicum. Evelyn later extracted and published various sections from it, for example Sylva, and Acetaria, and continued to enlarge the manuscript throughout his life. However he lost confidence in his ability to finish the work, believing that the amount of information it should contain was beyond the ability of one man to assemble.
There have been several attempts to bring the work to publication, but the poor condition of the manuscripts, the absence of various sections referred to, and the multiple versions of other sections, made the task very difficult. This modern printing is the first edition of this complex work.
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Kneller, Godfrey
Publisher
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H.G. Bohn: London
Date Created
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1859
Type
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Engravings
Flora & Fauna
Gardens
John Evelyn
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Unpacking Ruins: architecture from antiquity. Online exhibition
Description
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12 September - 28 November 2002 ~ de Beer Gallery
Central Library, University of Otago
Through the last five hundred years, ancient ruins have been uncovered, rediscovered and reinterpreted. They have provoked architectural inspiration. They have been studied to develop and support theories on how to build and how to value building. They have prompted reflection upon the end of Empire and upon the demise of civilization. In turn, they have provoked thoughts of future civilizations rising.
This exhibition of books and prints of the last four centuries traces changes in the way the West has related to the architecture of antiquity. Works displayed are from the collections of the University of Otago Library. Through text and illustrations the exhibition ponders how the material of the past has variously been unpacked and repackaged.
To unpack - to undo or open, to bring something out of storage.
Ruins, the weathered fragments speak of loss. They tell of the buildings that once were, of the people who made them, and of the cultures from which they arose. They tell of destruction, abandonment and decay. When viewing the larger volumes displayed in this exhibition one cannot help but feel a profound sense of absence. One may be filled with a longing for the past, or could be drawn to reflect upon the inevitably of the future. However, absence and loss are not the intended focus of the exhibition. Rather it is to chronicle how people have attempted to make sense of the ruins, how they have represented them, and how they have used them to understand the times in which they lived.
These volumes, selected from the Special Collections at the University of Otago Library reveal how ruins and fragments of antiquity have been variously cited over the last five hundred years. The 16th century edition of Vitruvius is evidence of the Renaissance search for an authentic voice from antiquity. Works from the century following present theoretical arguments and the search for architectural perfection, with surviving buildings, ruins and texts being compared and debated. Similar analysis has continued long after these works appeared. It is also apt to compare them with the text by Le Corbusier who returned to his youthful perceptions in Greece, Turkey and Italy for inspiration, example and origin.
Travel guides reveal how existing remains became part of the visual vocabulary of the 17th and 18th centuries. Authoritative accounts by British architect-travelers of ruins in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East were published as large folios between 1750 and 1850. The works of Wood and Dawkins in the Levant, of Stuart and Revett in Athens, of Adam in Dalmatia and of Cameron in Italy, follow the scientific archaeological approach of the Frenchman Desgodets. However these journeys were romantic and at times, fanciful, explorations as well. In the published volumes, travelers presented the surviving fragments and reconstituted them into reinvented larger works. In doing so, they changed the Western understanding of architecture and its day-to-day practice.
In considering the fall of empires in the late 18th century, it was inevitable that the survey of ruins would prompt reflection on the future of the West. In 1774 Horace Walpole wrote to Horace Mann,
"The next Augustan age will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic. There will perhaps be a Thucylides at Boston, a Xenophon at New York, and in time a Virgil at Mexico, and a Newton at Peru. At last some curious traveller from Lima, will visit England, and give a description of the ruins of St Paul's, like editions of Baalbec and Palmyra."
It is not surprising that sixty years later, at a time when the colonisation of New Zealand was actively debated in the Houses of Parliament, Macaulay would speculate upon a future New Zealander surveying the ruins of London. Doré's romantic image of the Mäori, draped in Renaissance gown and sketching, recalls illustrations of Wood and Stuart in the East, and it confirms the city in the line of great imperial centres. However the figure seated on the ruins of London Bridge may have seemed oddly chilling to the Victorian viewers.
The cutaway view of the Bank of England drawn by Joseph Gandy (in the vitrine outside the gallery) may have prompted a similar response. It presents the completed structure opened, clean, and viewed from the eye of God. The sunlit ruin appears timeless.
As well as being an emblem of transience, ruins signal persistence over time. It is this sense of permanence, or at least of a very slow decay, that perhaps provokes a continuing fascination and a pleasure that some recent writers have found in the them.
This exhibition has been curated by Robin Skinner of the School of Architecture, Victoria University Wellington. He was assisted by Elizabeth Tinker, Catherine Robertson and Sarah Jones of the Reference Department of the University of Otago Library.
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Aedificiorvm et rvinarvm Romae ex antiqvis atqve hodiernis monimentis liber primus
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Aedificiorvm et rvinarvm Romae ex antiqvis atqve hodiernis monimentis liber primus [-secundus] / summo cum studio incisus, ac delineatus a Jo. Maggio Romano ; egregio viro Ioanni van Santhen Flandro ultraiectensi Smi. D. N. Pauli V. architecto ingeniosiss[i]mo ; Ioseph de Rubeis Mediolanensis ob beneuolentiam et propensi animi ergo D. D. 1618.
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Title pages
Engraving, Italian
Illustrated books
Rome (Italy)
Inscriptions
Description
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This book on the buildings and ruins of Rome by the 17th century artist and engraver, Giovanni Maggi, is typical of the works by which the ruins of antiquity became known outside Italy through that century. The remnant of the Temple of Jupiter Stator (Castor and Pollux) in the Roman Forum, shown here with its prominent and accessible columns and entablature, was the frequent subject of measured drawings by the visiting architects of the 18th century. The amphitheatre was at the Campus Martius. Maggi is now better known for an impressive twelve sheet perspectival map of Rome that was published after his death in 1725. A copy of an early 20th century reprint of Iconographia della citta di Roma is held in the Library's Special Collections.
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Maggi, Giovanni
Publisher
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[s.n.]: Romae
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1618
Type
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Illustrations
Engravings
Text
Identifier
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Itc 1618 M [De Beer Special Collections]
Antiquity
Architecture
Rome (Italy)
Ruins
Special Collections
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Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Les Plans et Profilz de toutes les principalles Villes et lieux considerable de France Ensemble les Cartes Generalles…
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Nicholas Tassin
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1631
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
De Beer Fb 1631 T
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Engravings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
[Paris?]
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
The small, southern town of Pézenas holds great historical esteem. The Ministry of Culture has protected over thirty of its sites as historical monuments.
France
French
-
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
7th September, 2017
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Les Plans et Profilz de toutes les principalles Villes et lieux considerable de France Ensemble les Cartes Generalles…
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Nicholas Tassin
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1631
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
De Beer Fb 1631 T
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Engravings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
[Paris?]
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
In the south of France, Bordeaux reflects its heritage status in grand architecture. As the global capital of wine, its inhabitants have a keen taste for claret.
France
French
-
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
7th September, 2017
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Les Plans et Profilz de toutes les principalles Villes et lieux considerable de France Ensemble les Cartes Generalles…
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Nicholas Tassin
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1631
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
De Beer Fb 1631 T
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Engravings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
[Paris?]
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Famed for its cathedral, Chartres lies southwest of Paris. Although heavily bombed in WWII, the cathedral survived due to the Allies’ reluctance to destroy its beauty.
France
French
-
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
7th September, 2017
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Les Plans et Profilz de toutes les principalles Villes et lieux considerable de France Ensemble les Cartes Generalles…
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Nicholas Tassin
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1631
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
De Beer Fb 1631 T
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Engravings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
[Paris?]
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Calais is a small city in northern France. Overlooking the Channel, it was the site from which Julius Caesar launched his attack on Britannia.
France
French
-
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
7th September, 2017
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Les Plans et Profilz de toutes les principalles Villes et lieux considerable de France Ensemble les Cartes Generalles…
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Nicholas Tassin
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1631
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
De Beer Fb 1631 T
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Engravings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
[Paris?]
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Found along the River Somme, Abbeville was the location of the bloody Battle of Abbeville during WWII, resulting in an Ally massacre.
France
French
-
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
7th September, 2017
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Les Plans et Profilz de toutes les principalles Villes et lieux considerable de France Ensemble les Cartes Generalles…
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Nicholas Tassin
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1631
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
De Beer Fb 1631 T
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Engravings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
[Paris?]
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Sainte Menehould lies in the north-east of France. It is the birthplace of monk Dom Pérignon, who was vital to the creation of Champagne wine.
France
French
-
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
7th September, 2017
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Les Plans et Profilz de toutes les principalles Villes et lieux considerable de France Ensemble les Cartes Generalles…
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Nicholas Tassin
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1631
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
De Beer Fb 1631 T
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Engravings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
[Paris?]
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Le Mont-Saint-Michel is a striking island commune off the north-west coast. Both a centre of religion and fortification, it is only accessible at low tide.
France
French
-
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
7th September, 2017
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Les Plans et Profilz de toutes les principalles Villes et lieux considerable de France Ensemble les Cartes Generalles…
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Nicholas Tassin
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1631
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
De Beer Fb 1631 T
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Engravings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
[Paris?]
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Paris is the heart of France. Since the 19th century it has been dubbed <em>La Ville Lumière</em>: in part for its crucial role in the Enlightenment.
France
French
-
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
7th September, 2017
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Les Plans et Profilz de toutes les principalles Villes et lieux considerable de France Ensemble les Cartes Generalles…
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Nicholas Tassin
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1631
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
De Beer Fb 1631 T
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Engravings
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
[Paris?]
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
On the French Mediterranean coast lies the Fort de Brigançon, a former presidential retreat. Ironically, its inability to fortify from the press has led to it becoming a national monument.
France
French
-
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France and the French. Online exhibition
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago
Date Created
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7th September, 2017
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Central Library, University of Otago; Private Collections
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‘Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France’ (‘Every man has two countries - his own and France.’) – Charlemagne, in Henri de Bornier’s La Fille de Roland (1875) <br /><br />The Republic of France extends from the Mediterranean (Marseilles) to the English Channel (St Brieux) and North Sea (Calais); from the Rhine (near Besançon) to the Atlantic Ocean (Bordeaux). It also takes in areas such as French Guiana and Guadeloupe. ‘France’ today is formed by 18 regions; some 643,801 square kilometres. The country is broken down to 102 <em>départements</em> (like Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, and Brittany) that are divided into <em>communes</em>, which in 2013, numbered 36,681 (Paris, the country’s capital city, is a <em>commune </em>as well as a <em>département</em>). In 2017, the population of France and its overseas regions was almost 67 million. Diversity reigns within this wide urban and rural spread: social and religious cultures, language, historical development, politics. Indeed, General Charles de Gaulle once said: ‘How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?’ <br /><br />‘Parlez-vous français? Celebrating France & the French’ reflects the country’s variety: French printing; the reign of Louis XIV; works by dramatists Corneille and Dumas; an original Voltaire letter; maps of Paris; food and fashion; science; travel; novels by Rabelais, Hugo, and Camus; and poetry by Baudelaire and Apollinaire. In addition, a suite of engravings of New Zealand birds drawn by French artists. Except for a few items from private collections, all of the materials on display are from Special Collections. Profitez-en!
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Les Plans et Profilz de toutes les principalles Villes et lieux considerable de France Ensemble les Cartes Generalles…
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Nicholas Tassin
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1631
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De Beer Fb 1631 T
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Engravings
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[Paris?]
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The Fortress of Miolans straddles France's mountainous border with Italy. Transformed into a prison in the 16th century, its infamy rivalled the Bastille.