Lachlan Macquarie

Ancient Societies, Antiquities, Architecture, Art, Built Environment, Creativity, Cultural Development, Design Styles, Environment, Featured, Humanities, Literature, Music, Social History, Visual ArtsJuly 10, 2014

Vitruvius On Architecture – The Art of Enclosing Space

By Carolyn McDowall

The art of enclosing space is something 1st century Roman architect and engineer Marcus Pollio Vitruvius knew about and recorded in his treatise on architecture

Architecture, Arts & Culture Conversations, Australia, Creativity, Cultural Development, Design History & Decorative Arts, Design Styles, Environment, Featured, Gardens & Landscaping, Natural Environment, Social History, The Culture Concept, Visual ArtsMay 31, 2014

Fantastic Flora in Australia – First Fleet to Federation

By Carolyn McDowall

At the English colonization of this extraordinary continent in 1788 the flora was so exotic many explorers thought they would find the original Garden of Eden