Perspective drawing of Glasgow School of Art from the north-west
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- 1899-1906
View of the Glasgow School of Art, showing Hengler's circus, prior to the construction of the second half of the building.
McGibbon, Alexander
Perspective drawing of Glasgow School of Art from the north-west
View of the Glasgow School of Art, showing Hengler's circus, prior to the construction of the second half of the building.
McGibbon, Alexander
Design for the Grand Hall, Glasgow International Exhibition, 1901
The competition, held in 1898, was won by the Glasgow architect James Miller with a considerably more ornate design for a 'bit of Spanish baroque confectionery' (McLaren Young). Like Miller's, Mackintosh's design derives from James Sellars' for the 1888 Glasgow exhibition, but simplified. 'The dome, perhaps a prerequisite for Glasgow exhibitions, remained, but it was presented with severe geometricality, with an Art Nouveau lantern surmounted by a Chinese coolie hat.'
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie