#statelibraryvictoria

[karhina03]

Handmade Universe on @library_vic. Handmade Universe: From craft to code and the spaces between is a brand new exhibition that celebrates the rewards of making and the limitless scope it offers for invention and enquiry. #craft #statelibraryvictoria #create #exhibition #outandabout #creativemelbourne (at State Library Victoria) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg3tAFDv6bQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mistahfong]

B O O K W O R M Z at State Library Victoria #statelibraryvictoria #melbourne latergram https://www.instagram.com/p/BunwRSBnU4J/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4bjzwlzxwd5x

[ytiinggoh-blog]

State Library Victoria is the central library of the state of Victoria, Australia, located in Melbourne. It was established in 1854 as the Melbourne Public Library, making it Australia's oldest public library and one of the first free libraries in the world. The Library is located in the northern center of the central business district, on the block bounded by Swanston, La Trobe, Russell, and Little Lonsdale streets. 

State Library Victoria was a Neoclassical architecture building. The architect's library construction plan has three main repositories: the public archives Victoria, which has the most comprehensive collection, the State Library Picture Collection with some original drawings and many copies, and the University of Melbourne Archives. The colour palet used in this architecture's exterior was natural brown colour.

Architects are usually owners of architectural drawings. Copies are made for bidders, builders, staff, and customers. The client of the library's architectural drawings is the government and trustee of the Melbourne Public Library. A copy of these drawings was held at Victoria's photo collection and Public records office. The University of Melbourne archive holds a copy of these drawings from the architect.

On July 3, 1854, Sir Charles Hotham laid the cornerstone. The original building consisted of the Swanston Street entrance hall and the central part of the Queen's Hall above. The unique octagonal colonnade with Corinthian columns was completed in 1870 and completed Reid's design for the central part of Swanston Street. In these later works, the cornerstone of 1854 seems to have been permanent. Covered as part of the front of the library.

The cornerstone is the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation, important since all other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entire structure. Over time a cornerstone became a ceremonial masonry stone, or replica, set in a prominent location on the outside of a building, with an inscription on the stone indicating the construction dates of the building and the names of architect, builder, and other significant individuals. The rite of laying a cornerstone is an important cultural component of eastern architecture and metaphorically in sacred architecture generally. Some cornerstones include time capsules from, or engravings commemorating, the time a particular building was built.

The main internal feature is the Queen's Hall, with a fluted ion column. Raymond Barry's coat of arms is prominently located above the gate. The badges of the other founding trustees (Bindon, Childers, McArthur, Palmer, and Stawell) were placed under the Porch between the pillars. Tasmanian sandstone is used for the façade of the building, and Kangaroo head sandstone near Hobart. 

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) mineral particles or rock fragments. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar because they are the most resistant minerals to weathering processes at the Earth's surface, as seen in Bowen's reaction series. Like uncemented sand, sandstone may be any color due to impurities within the minerals, but the most common colors are tan, brown, yellow, red, grey, pink, white, and black. Since sandstone beds often form highly visible cliffs and other topographic features, certain colors of sandstone have been strongly identified with certain regions.

The National Library Building is listed in the Victorian Heritage Victorian Heritage Database, which describes the architectural style of the original building as a Victorian academic classic. It is also listed in the Australian Government’s National Real Estate Register and the Australian National Trust Fund Victoria.

State Victoria Library have different reading rooms. There was The Dome, Chess Reading Room, Redmond Barry Reading Room, Heritage Collections Reading Room, Arts Collection Reading Room, Genealogy Reading Room and Newspaper Reading Room. Their main colour palate was natural colour, which is wood colour, white and grey.

Bibililography:

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica,Neoclassical architecture, accessed April 7 2018, https://www.britannica.com/art/Neoclassical-architecture

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Amy Tikkanen, Cornerstone, Aug 14, 2008, britannica.com, accessed April 7 2018, https://www.britannica.com/technology/cornerstone

Hobart M. King, Sandstone : A clastic sedimentary rock composed of sand-size grains of mineral, rock, or organic material, accessed April 7 2018, https://geology.com/rocks/sandstone.shtml

[michalicohen]

Inspired by the Botanical theme of the #CreateArtHistory contest by @redbubble and @library_vic along with the ever inspiring Harper’s Bazaar magazine covers, my first entry is titled, Victoria’s Garden feat. Amaryllis Formosissima, Magazine Cover. 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺 #CreateArtHistory #myrbwip #redbubble #rbcreate #rbartists #statelibraryvictoria #botany #botanical #flowers #magazinecover #harpersbazaar #fashion #art #michalisstudio #michalicohen #design #artist #print #new #contest #wishmeluck #artwork #design #graphicdesign #floral #redbubbleartist

[whetnall]

'Still waters run deep' - Designed for the #Redbubble #createarthistory challenge with State Library Victoria. Inspired by their beautiful botanical images I've created this digital collage using Robert Thornton's beautiful painting of Tulips combined with layers including a photograph I took of Buttermere lake in the Lake district. I love the reflections and played with the scale of the trees, mountains and tulips. You can also get 20% off everything in my Redbubble shop at the moment with code STEPRIGHTUP 🙂 @Redbubble @redbubblecreate #statelibraryvictoria @library_vic #ceccadesigns #botanical #lakefistrict #buttermere #digitalcollage #reflections #digitalart #cumbria #surreal #botanicaltulips #flowers #floral

[listening-through-the-lens]

The Reading Room, State Library Victoria, Melbourne Australia #visitmelbourne #statelibraryvictoria #thereadingroom (at State Library of Victoria)

[cristianroux]

It's been a quiet few days on the drawing front. Over the last few days I've had my head down writing an application for a creative fellowship. Should I be successful, this would go a long way towards the development of my Melbourne history research and comics. Once it's submitted, business should resume as normal. . . #writing #application #comic #artist #creative #fellowship #statelibraryvictoria #Melbourne #history #detective #crime #police #gazette #microfilm #microfiche #library #collection

[annbeach89]

🤓 #library #statelibraryvictoria #swanston #cbd #melbourne #learningforlife (hier: State Library of Victoria)