Australian Haydn Ensemble at TDRF House Museum & Gallery
Australian Haydn Ensemble will play a ‘bespoke’ program of sublime music at The David Roche Foundation House Museum & Gallery, Nth Adelaide for its 2nd birthday
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What Do You Know? Play our Quiz: Design & Decorative Arts
What do you know about design history and the decorative arts and the evolution of taste from antiquity to the present day
Brussels International Guitar Festival & Competition, 2015
Embracing tradition and modernity the elegant city of Brussels in Belgium is hosting the Brussels International Guitar Festival & Competition, 2015 for five days from the 24th to the 28th April 2015. Many of the greatest international guitarists will be performing, some for the very first time. The program has…
Andrea Palladio Architect – In Pursuit of the Perfect House
Despite evolving societies and technology a villa remains a place where one can dwell “under the tent of heaven”. Is Andrea Palladio’s villa the perfect house?
Olympic Games London – Success in the Ancient & Modern World
Winning at the Olympic Games was every bit as potent to the athletes of ancient times as it is today – it was the penultimate place to achieve success in sport
Athena and Nike
The decorative elements of a classical building derive directly or indirectly from the architectural vocabulary of the ancient world. These elements are instantly recognisable. In ancient Greece three orders of architecture were used Doric, Ionic and Corinthian. But what is an order? It is columns sometimes supported on pedestals that…