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10 September 2008

The stained glass ceiling of The Great Hall at the National Gallery of Victoria was created by Melbourne artist Leonard French, the same artist who created the Sir Lindesay Clark window that dominates the west wall of the Robert Blackwood Hall at the Clayton campus.

The iconic window at Clayton, titled Alpha and Omega, is made up of 41 stained glass sections, representing planets, air and earth. The outer perimeter contains representations of man and woman reaching outwards through the four seasons.

The 14 metre high Great Hall ceiling is 51 metres long by 15 metres wide and is made up of approximately 10,000 pieces of glass imported from Belgium.

Each 30 cm square weighs about 4.5 kg and was inserted into 224 triangular panels that weigh approximately six tonnes.

National Gallery of Victoria, Great Hall ceiling
The Great Hall ceiling, National Gallery of Victoria.
Alpha and Omega window
Alpha and Omega, Robert Blackwood Hall, Clayton campus.


















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