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Lights everlasting : Australia's commemorative stained glasses from the Boer War to Vietnam / Bronwyn Hughes.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781922669827 (paperback)
Author	Hughes, Bronwyn E. (author)
Title	Lights everlasting : Australia's commemorative stained glasses from the Boer War to Vietnam / Bronwyn Hughes.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	North Melbourne, Vic : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2023.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	©2023.
Description	x, 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 30 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	Stained glass windows tell us stories of Australians at war. Unlike the stone soldier marking the country crossroad or local park, commemorative windows are hidden in plain sight within religious buildings, hospitals, school chapels and civic buildings, where they can be forgotten or lost as the decades pass. This book is largely about remembrance. It seeks to illuminate the men and women who fought and died for their faith and their country, to reveal the artists and firms that designed and made the windows, and to rediscover artistic and architectural heritage of stained glass. It is only just in time, as so many churches no longer required for worship are sold and re-purposed. Through the tragic beauty of its illustrations, Lights Everlasting adds a new perspective to an overlooked art form and encourages understanding of a neglected aspect of commemoration.
Level	Tertiary/Undergraduate, General.
Subjects	Stained glass windows
	War memorials -- Australia
	Glass art
Call number	2023.181

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Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
A00966160	2023.181	General Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .