Designed to show the power and beauty of some of Melbourne’s many sculptures from Dante in the Treasury Gardens to the striking figures of St George and the Dragon, and Joan of Arc in front of the State Library of Victoria. The effective soundtrack was arranged and played by Lenore Somerset.
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Collection
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
009521
Language
No spoken word
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art appreciation
Crafts & Visual Arts → Arts - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Form (Aesthetics)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Sculpture, Australian
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI External Digital Access Copy