The Magazine: Volume 3 (Page 36)
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- Nov 1894
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Bound in volume, The Magazine, November, 1894.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
From The Magazine, Spring 1896. Inscribed: The Tree of Personal Effort, The Sun of Indifference, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, January 1895.' The exact meaning of the symbolism of this work, and its companion, 'The Tree of Influence' has eluded all commentators on Mackintosh's early water-colours. The obvious source of the symbolism is nature, and Mackintosh here reaches his most extreme distortion of organic forms.' (Roger Billcliffe).
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
From The Magazine, Spring 1896. Inscribed: The Tree of Influence, The Tree of Importance, The Sun of Cowardice, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Jan 1895.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
From The Magazine, Spring 1896. The shadow does not correspond with the object in front; it touches it and echoes it but is different.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for Glasgow School of Art: plan of basement floor
Architectural drawing showing basement floor plan.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for Glasgow School of Art: elevation to Renfrew Street
Architectural drawing showing north elevation. The main difference between the completed North elevation and that shown in the 1896-97 design is the addition of an attic storey, but by setting back the upper row of windows Mackintosh made them quite invisible from Renfrew Street.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for Glasgow School of Art: plan of first floor
Architectural drawing showing first floor plan.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for Glasgow School of Art: plan of first floor
Architectural drawing showing first floor plan.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for Glasgow School of Art: additions to South-East wing - lower left
Architectural drawing showing various additions to building. The handwriting suggests that this sketch plan was not drawn by Mackintosh himself, but probably by a draughtsman in his office.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for Glasgow School of Art: plans for fire exit - East wing
Architectural detail of Mackintosh Building.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Model of the Glasgow School of Art (Version 1)
1/8": 1 foot scale Coloured balsa wood model of the Mackintosh Building on a wooden base. Made by former students of the Glasgow School of Art.
Model of the Glasgow School of Art (Version 2)
1/8": 1 foot scale Coloured balsa wood model of the Mackintosh Building on a wooden base. Made by former students of the Glasgow School of Art.
Model of the Glasgow School of Art (Version 6)
1/8": 1 foot scale Coloured balsa wood model of the Mackintosh Building on a wooden base. Made by former students of the Glasgow School of Art.
Model of the Glasgow School of Art (Version 7)
1/8": 1 foot scale Coloured balsa wood model of the Mackintosh Building on a wooden base. Made by former students of the Glasgow School of Art.
Model of the Glasgow School of Art (Version 8)
1/8": 1 foot scale Coloured balsa wood model of the Mackintosh Building on a wooden base. Made by former students of the Glasgow School of Art.
Model of the Glasgow School of Art (Version 10)
1/8": 1 foot scale Coloured balsa wood model of the Mackintosh Building on a wooden base. Made by former students of the Glasgow School of Art.
Model of the Glasgow School of Art (Version 12)
1/8": 1 foot scale Coloured balsa wood model of the Mackintosh Building on a wooden base. Made by former students of the Glasgow School of Art.
Low-backed armchair for the Director's Room, Glasgow School of Art
Designed for the Director's Room, Glasgow School of Art. Twelve chairs were made in 1904 for the GSA, but William Davidson acquired a further two, with six of MC/F/58 for use as dining chairs in the hall at Windyhill. Twelve chairs reupholstered in brown horsehair 1984. One chair on loan from Glasgow University, returned 1984. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for a School Diploma. Front of mount labelled 'SILVER MEDAL. FOR SET.'
King, Jessie Marion
Drawing of The Glasgow School of Art Library
One of three student drawings of the Mackintosh Library at The Glasgow School of Art.
Duncan, David
Lampshade for Library, Glasgow School of Art - Medium Canister (Version 2)
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Lampshade for Library, Glasgow School of Art - Medium Canister (Version 6)
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Fragments of lampshade(s) for Library, Glasgow School of Art (Version 4)
The library was destroyed by fire on 23 May 2014, though many metal and glass fragments from the lights were subsequently salvaged. Originally, and according to Mackintosh’s preparatory sketches, there were thought to be 53 individual lights in the library, each with punched holes in the inner reflectors which allowed light to pass through blue and purple glass. The central array was made up of 12 small canisters attached to the light frame on the ceiling, with eight medium pendants and five large pendants hanging below. There were an additional twelve medium canisters attached to the coffered ceiling both above and below the library balcony, making 24. Originally there were also four additional medium hanging pendants in each of the south and western window bays, though these four lights, and the medium canister in the librarians office, had all been removed before the fire in 2014, meaning there were 48 in the library. This small selection of salvaged lights fragments has been retained as evidence of the fire tragedy. These fragments are also surplus to the needs of Rodney French of Lonsdale and Dutch, Edinburgh who has been tasked with reconstructing the entire set of library lights, whilst reusing as much of the surviving fragments as possible.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Fragments of lampshade(s) for Library, Glasgow School of Art (Version 5)
The library was destroyed by fire on 23 May 2014, though many metal and glass fragments from the lights were subsequently salvaged. Originally, and according to Mackintosh’s preparatory sketches, there were thought to be 53 individual lights in the library, each with punched holes in the inner reflectors which allowed light to pass through blue and purple glass. The central array was made up of 12 small canisters attached to the light frame on the ceiling, with eight medium pendants and five large pendants hanging below. There were an additional twelve medium canisters attached to the coffered ceiling both above and below the library balcony, making 24. Originally there were also four additional medium hanging pendants in each of the south and western window bays, though these four lights, and the medium canister in the librarians office, had all been removed before the fire in 2014, meaning there were 48 in the library. This small selection of salvaged lights fragments has been retained as evidence of the fire tragedy. These fragments are also surplus to the needs of Rodney French of Lonsdale and Dutch, Edinburgh who has been tasked with reconstructing the entire set of library lights, whilst reusing as much of the surviving fragments as possible.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Coat of Arms for the stairwell at Glasgow School of Art (Version 4)
This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018. The bell is all that remains.
The symbols which form the Glasgow coat of arms all refer to miracles performed by St. Mungo, the patron saint of the city who is normally represented with these emblems on the coat of arms. They first appeared on the seals of bishops of Glasgow, the fish on the seal of William Wishart in 1270, the bird on the seal of Robert Wishart in 1271. They were used together for the first time on the seal of the Chapter of Glasgow in 1488. The salmon with the ring in its mouth refers to the story of the local Queen who gave her ring to a knight she was in love with, the jealous King stole the ring from the knight while he was asleep and then demanded it back from the Queen, having thrown it into the Clyde. In desperation she prayed to St. Mungo who told his followers to cast their fishing nets in the river and bring him the first fish that they caught, a salmon with the Queen's ring in its mouth. The tree represents the green hazel twig which Mungo restored to life after his companions had killed it. The bell represents the service bell used in Mungo's church and still in Glasgow until c1700. Mackintosh's tree is highly abstract in its Art Nouveau 'whiplash' spirals untypical of his work. The bird is a modern replacement of the stolen original.
Coat of Arms for the stairwell at Glasgow School of Art (Version 5)
This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018. The bell is all that remains.
The symbols which form the Glasgow coat of arms all refer to miracles performed by St. Mungo, the patron saint of the city who is normally represented with these emblems on the coat of arms. They first appeared on the seals of bishops of Glasgow, the fish on the seal of William Wishart in 1270, the bird on the seal of Robert Wishart in 1271. They were used together for the first time on the seal of the Chapter of Glasgow in 1488. The salmon with the ring in its mouth refers to the story of the local Queen who gave her ring to a knight she was in love with, the jealous King stole the ring from the knight while he was asleep and then demanded it back from the Queen, having thrown it into the Clyde. In desperation she prayed to St. Mungo who told his followers to cast their fishing nets in the river and bring him the first fish that they caught, a salmon with the Queen's ring in its mouth. The tree represents the green hazel twig which Mungo restored to life after his companions had killed it. The bell represents the service bell used in Mungo's church and still in Glasgow until c1700. Mackintosh's tree is highly abstract in its Art Nouveau 'whiplash' spirals untypical of his work. The bird is a modern replacement of the stolen original.