Archive for: March 2018

  1. Honing drawing skills with cultural collections

    Drawing workshops run by the University of Melbourne Student Union with Museums and Collections on campus are an important means to hone artistic skills. Students in the …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2018/03/29/honing-drawing-skills-with-cultural-collections

  2. Pygmies versing beasts according to Homer and Pliny

    According to Homer, there existed a tribe of Pygmies, or diminutive people one-and-a-half feet tall, who were constantly at war with cranes (The Iliad book III). …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2018/03/19/pygmies-versing-beasts-according-to-homer-and-pliny

  3. Dark imaginings: A new exhibition and website launched

    Dark imaginings: Gothic tales of wonder, a new exhibition in the Noel Shaw Gallery, was officially launched on March 1st. Dark imaginings explores the emerging 18th century …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2018/03/04/dark-imaginings-a-new-exhibition-and-website-launched