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PlaceOfficers’ Club, Military Base, Wynberg
… century still remain scattered in between the more modern architecture. One building of note is the Victorian style …
Julian Goldswain
… for Masterclass by internationally acclaimed American Fine Art photographer, Stephen Shore. 2008 - Bronze Award, …
EventDr D.F. Malan unveils the statue of Paul Kruger on Church Square, Pretoria
… is surrounded by historical buildings that boast beautiful architecture with the statue positioned as a central feature. …
PlaceMariannhill, Pinetown
… a Catholic Mission and now boasts an impressive display of Architecture and Design. Beautiful Frescoes adorn the … by Trappist Monks who created an…
America, Spanish conquest
… Mayas were conquered by the Toltecs, who absorbed Mayan architecture, art and religion. Even later, the Aztecs took over and at the … Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador,…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… cinema, to the visual configuration of physical reality in architecture and city planning, to the visual arts such as … is "equal in expressive significance…
ArticleContemporary South African Artists
… in society. They represent some of the best contemporary art in the world and are from South Africa. Going forward …
EventGerard Moerdijk, SA architect of several church buildings and the Voortrekker monument, dies
… Boys High School in 1909. He left for England to study architecture at the Architectural Association. Following his …
PlacePrince Alfred's Guard Museum, Port Elizabeth
… style Drill Hall, and is one of the finest examples of architecture from its period. The Hall was opened in 1880, …
PlaceOld Arts Building, University of Pretoria
… building is characterised by Cape Dutch and Neo-Romanesque architecture, with a clock tower, Oregon pine wooden floors …
PlaceEastern Cape Province
… arts festival in, Grahamstown . At the festival, there is art, dancing, music and theatre. It is a great way to find … are found. Several well-preserved…
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… and began from about 1950 began to put in place the grand architecture of apartheid. As the apartheid agenda was …
PlacePietermaritzburg, Umgungundlovu District Municipality
Pietermaritzburg is the Capital and second-largest City, in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838 and named after two leaders of…
PlaceGroenendal Wilderness Area
The 30 000 hectare Groendal Wilderness Area protects the water catchment area of the Swartkops River (KwaZungha River), with the Groendal Dam in its centre. It…
PlaceRotunda, Bay Hotel- Camps Bay
… demanding that the beautiful example of Florentine architecture remain, and that a new building not obstruct …
PlaceVrede
… mostly Afrikaans and Zulu speaking. The influence of Dutch Architecture became very pronounced in the Historical …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 European Societies
… below [30] . The Renaissance Unknown, “Renaissance Art”, Encyclopaedia Britannica, (Uploaded: 5 March 2020), … The Renaissance, which brought innovation and…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2013 submissions
… Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She studies studio art and hopes to work in design or merchandising when she … in history. She is from Dallas, Texas…
PlaceMali
… noted for its famous mosque and other examples of Sudanese architecture, and Mopti, a bustling market centre. The Dogon … Gao, and Ségou, are built in the…
PlaceRhodes Memorial, Vredehoek- Table Mountain
… were inspired by Rhodes’s appreciation of classical Architecture, and the eight lions were modelled on those at …
PlaceRMS Athens, a Shipwreck between Moullie Point and Green Point
The "Royal Mail Ship Athens" was an iron steam screw barque of 739 tons, built in 1856 by Denny of Dumbarton and operated by the Union shipping company. It was…
PlaceDonkerhoek
Donkerhoek, or 'dark corner' as it directly translates into English, is where the battle of Diamond Hill took place during the Anglo Boer War. It used to be…
PlaceGood Hope Centre, Cape Town
… same time, modern and also linked to the greatest Italian architecture of the past. The Good Hope Centre’s roof is, in … typology that characterized the…
ArticleEarly civilisations
… these societies e.g. religion or the types of buildings or art they made. It also requires that you know why these …
PlaceQuadrant House, 114-115 Victoria Embankment, Durban
… Style' which arose from local interest in Spanish Colonial Architecture as found, on the West Coast of North America. … 1992:6 ill Itafa Amalinde Heritage…
PlaceNZASM Goods Office, Railway Street, Pretoria
… is the largest and best remaining example of the Company's architecture in Pretoria. It was declared a National Monument …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Zoutpansberg
… like between 1892 and 1945 as well as an insight into the architecture, celebrities of the time, clothing, industry and …
ArticleExample of a local history: Pretoria
… are also kept in museums because they show us what art looks like and what types of different art artists can create. Pretoria has many different museums ……
PlaceStevenson Gallery, Woodstock-Cape Town
… which at the time had only one serious contemporary art gallery. In 2005 and 2006, Stevenson was the first South … on publications. This addressed the local…
The New Generation
… as regards the visual arts was undertaken at The State of Art in South Africa Conference held in 1979 at the University … existed between black and wh i te…