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Manning Clark House: Reflections

Condición: AS NEW COPY! AUSTRALIANA ARCHITECTUREFrom The Australian: "On a wintry afternoon in Canberra, a visit to a rare gem of a place. A light-flooded and book-warmed house thatâs been gifted to the public; historian Manning Clarkâs family home. It was designed in the early â50s by groundbreaking architect Robin Boyd; his cousin Arthurâs property at Bundanon on the NSW South Coast has also been opened to visitors. Wonders of generosity both, and how lucky we are to have little hubs of philanthropy like these across the nation.The Clark house was a radical design for 1950s Canberra. Clark asked the architect â" who would go on to writeÂThe Australian UglinessÂâ" to design a house for him after meeting at a gathering, then declaring, âWe understood each other.â What resulted was a sense of serene harmony in a dwelling that was not only a hub of creativity but also home to a family with six children. Itâs filled with writerly touches. Bookshelves in every room â" the dream â" and an eyrie of a study that tips its hat to a writerâs craving for solitude. This high room is accessed via a perilously steep set of steps â" very difficult for any young child to navigate. Clever. On the desk are Clarkâs writing accoutrements, still. It feels like heâs just left the room.â[Poet] Alec Hope stood with me in the study in the week it was finished but not finished, looked out of the window at Mt Ainslie and Black Mountain,â Clark wrote, âand prophesied, âI see books being written hereâ.â Indeed they were. Many, over decades. And the house aided not just Manningâs work but that of his wife, Dymphna, a renowned translator. Yet like so many women combining motherhood with writing she had to cram work into the corners of domestic life. Her workspace for a time was a small fold-out table in the kitchen, whose old fuel stove was backed with tiles painted with flowers by Arthur and Yvonne Boyd. In this tiny space Dymphna would type up her translations on a portable Olivetti.The house is a time capsule of gracious, book-crammed, intellectual living, complete with a very Australian chook shed and vegie patch out the back. Leading figures from our nationâs cultural life visited from the early â50s to the late â90s â" Patrick White, Judith Wright, Sid Nolan, Arthur Boyd, Helen Garner and Barry Humphries to name a few. âHe flooded whole areas with light in ways that nobody had ever done before. He was an oracle, not a conventional historian,â Clarkâs peer, Geoffrey Serle, wrote of him. Light, flooded, unconventional â" all words that could be associated with Robin Boydâs creation as well, and what a fortuitous meeting of minds this house on Tasmania Circle is.Anyone can visit, because of the generosity of Clarkâs children. And anyone can visit Bundanon because of the generosity of Arthur Boyd, Robinâs cousin. The chef at its cafe, Douglas Innes-Will, describes his wonder at being a part of the artistic enclave now. âWhen I was a kid, Bundanon was this magical place up the river you occasionally got the opportunity to visit. Fifteen years later, itâs incredible⦠What I really relate to with Arthur Boydâs vision for Bundanon is that he left this to the people of Australia to showcase its beauty⦠Thatâs what Iâve tried to do throughout my career, contribute to something greater.âContributing to something greater. As are David Walsh in Hobart with Mona, the Besens at Victoriaâs TarraWarra Museum of Art and arts maven Judith Neilson in Sydney. With all I just think, go you good things. They could have done something selfish and frivolous with their wealth. Instead theyâve given back to the nation by creating beauty, bestowing beauty, for the people. Balm for the soul, and this column is nothing more than a paean of gratitude for the visionary, outward-looking generosity from them all."NIKKI GEMMELL45 p. : col. ill., port. ; 21 cm. ArchitectureClark, Manning, 1915-1991 -- Homes and haunts -- Australian Capital Territory -- Forrest.ÂÂ|ÂÂManning Clarke House (Forrest, A.C.T.)ÂÂ|ÂÂForrest (A.C.T.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.Freeman, Peter, 1942 Aug. 25 -ÂÂ|ÂÂRussell, Roslyn, 1948-ÂÂ|ÂÂManning Clark House Inc  Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Nº de ref. del artículo: 47608

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