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Anzac Square Mosaic Mural
The Anzac Square mosaic mural is a glass mosaic mural beneath the Shrine of Remembrance, Brisbane, Shrine of Remembrance, ANZAC Square, Brisbane, Anzac Square, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed and executed by Brisbane artist and dentist, Don Ross (artist), Don Ross (1917-2015), in 1959, and is the centrepiece of the World War II Memorial Galleries. Ross's mosaic is an abstract allusion to death and redemption, depicting three naked figures and a soul-like fourth ascending towards a stylised vision of heaven from a rocky outcrop. One figure lies prostrate on the rocks, the others are being drawn towards a burst of light. The form of this mural is considered to reflect the penetration of modern principles of design into traditional forms of commemoration. The mosaic measures , and is made of 140,000 hand-cut 'fractured-face' Venetian glass tiles, known as ''Tessera, tessere,'' chosen for their light-reflecting qualities. The only larger mosaic in Queensland is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosaic Mural By Don Ross, Anzac Square, Brisbane (2019)
A mosaic is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/mortar, and covering a surface. Mosaics are often used as floor and wall decoration, and were particularly popular in the Ancient Rome, Ancient Roman world. Mosaic today includes not just murals and pavements, but also artwork, hobby crafts, and industrial and construction forms. Mosaics have a long history, starting in Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC. Pebble mosaics were made in Tiryns in Mycenean civilisation, Mycenean Greece; mosaics with patterns and pictures became widespread in classical times, both in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Early Christian basilicas from the 4th century onwards were decorated with wall and ceiling mosaics. Mosaic art flourished in the Byzantine Empire from the 6th to the 15th centuries; that tradition was adopted by the Norman dynasty, Norman Kingdom of Sicily in the 12th century, by the eastern-influenced R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
