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Philosophical Perspectives on Ruins, Monuments, and Memorials
Author | : Jeanette Bicknell |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2019-07-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 135138063X |
This collection of newly published essays examines our relationship to physical objects that invoke, commemorate, and honor the past. The recent destruction of cultural heritage in war and controversies over Civil War monuments in the US have foregrounded the importance of artifacts that embody history. The book invites us to ask: How do memorials convey their meanings? What is our responsibility for the preservation or reconstruction of historically significant structures? How should we respond when the public display of a monument divides a community? This anthology includes coverage of the destruction of Palmyra and the Bamiyan Buddhas, the loss of cultural heritage through war and natural disasters, the explosive controversies surrounding Confederate-era monuments, and the decay of industry in the U.S. Rust Belt. The authors consider issues of preservation and reconstruction, the nature of ruins, the aesthetic and ethical values of memorials, and the relationship of cultural memory to material artifacts that remain from the past. Written by a leading group of philosophers, art historians, and archeologists, the 23 chapters cover monuments and memorials from Dubai to Detroit, from the instant destruction of Hiroshima to the gradual sinking of Venice.
Monument Wars
Author | : Kirk Savage |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 2011-07-11 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0520271335 |
Traces the history of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., discussing its plan and structures, and considering how the concept of memorials and memorial space has changed since the nineteenth century.
Boundaries
Author | : Maya Lin |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2016-04-26 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1501146564 |
Renowned artist and architect Maya Lin's visual and verbal sketchbook—a unique view into her artwork and philosophy. Walking through this parklike area, the memorial appears as a rift in the earth -- a long, polished black stone wall, emerging from and receding into the earth. Approaching the memorial, the ground slopes gently downward, and the low walls emerging on either side, growing out of the earth, extend and converge at a point below and ahead. Walking into the grassy site contained by the walls of this memorial, we can barely make out the carved names upon the memorial's walls. These names, seemingly infinite in number, convey the sense of overwhelming numbers, while unifying these individuals into a whole.... So begins the competition entry submitted in 1981 by a Yale undergraduate for the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. -- subsequently called "as moving and awesome and popular a piece of memorial architecture as exists anywhere in the world." Its creator, Maya Lin, has been nothing less than world famous ever since. From the explicitly political to the un-ashamedly literary to the completely abstract, her simple and powerful sculpture -- the Rockefeller Foundation sculpture, the Southern Poverty Law Center Civil Rights Memorial, the Yale Women's Table, Wave Field -- her architecture, including The Museum for African Art and the Norton residence, and her protean design talents have defined her as one of the most gifted creative geniuses of the age. Boundaries is her first book: an eloquent visual/verbal sketchbook produced with the same inspiration and attention to detail as any of her other artworks. Like her environmental sculptures, it is a site, but one which exists at a remove so that it may comment on the personal and artistic elements that make up those works. In it, sketches, photographs, workbook entries, and original designs are held together by a deeply personal text. Boundaries is a powerful literary and visual statement by "a leading public artist" (Holland Carter). It is itself a unique work of art.
Monumental Tales
Author | : Jackie Buckle |
Publisher | : Lutterworth Press |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 2019-11-30 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0718847946 |
Around the world there are thousands of pet statues and memorials with fascinating stories behind them. Some reveal insights into our social history, such as the little brown dog in Battersea that was a focus of suffragette riots. Others have wonderfully quirky origins, like the twenty-three cats of York: sculptures added to buildings designed by a cat-loving architect. Many more reveal tales of courage, loyalty, myth, and legend. From Egyptian cat goddesses and the heroic dogs of war, to search-and-rescue canines on 9/11 and Tombili the Turkish moggy who became an Internet sensation, this book brings together a selection of the most surprising, amusing and illuminating stories, complete with dozens of full-colour photographs. Anyone with an appreciation of pets, the varied roles they play in our lives, and the ways in which our relationships with them have evolved over time, will find much of interest in this book.
Monumental America
Author | : Publications International |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2018-06 |
Genre | : Memorials |
ISBN | : 9781640301535 |
"This beautiful book introduces the reader to monuments, statues, and memorials across America, from DC to Hawaii. Learn about monuments to wars, military service, presidents, exploration of the West, losses and tragedies, religion, and industry and innovation. Includes approximately 100 monuments, both historical and modern, from places throughout the country."--Amazon.com.
Patriotic Monuments & Memorials
Author | : Melissa Hart |
Publisher | : Teacher Created Resources |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0743935985 |
Describes America's most famous and lesser known monuments and memorials, as well as other landmarks, national parks, and preserves.
Statues, Monuments, and Memorials Located in the Parks of the National Capital
Author | : Joseph A. Ronsisvalle |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Memorials |
ISBN | : |
Empty Plinths
Author | : José Esparza Chong Cuy |
Publisher | : Harvard Graduate School of Design |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2022-11-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780674278578 |
Empty Plinths responds to the debate around the Columbus monument in Mexico City and probes the unstable narratives behind other memorials and public sculptures in the city. This collection of essays, interviews, artistic contributions, and public policy proposals reveals and reframes the histories embedded within contested public spaces in Mexico.
Prisoners of History
Author | : Keith Lowe |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2020-12-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1250235049 |
A look at how our monuments to World War II shape the way we think about the war by an award-winning historian. Keith Lowe, an award-winning author of books on WWII, saw monuments around the world taken down in political protest and began to wonder what monuments built to commemorate WWII say about us today. Focusing on these monuments, Prisoners of History looks at World War II and the way it still tangibly exists within our midst. He looks at all aspects of the war from the victors to the fallen, from the heroes to the villains, from the apocalypse to the rebuilding after devastation. He focuses on twenty-five monuments including The Motherland Calls in Russia, the US Marine Corps Memorial in the USA, Italy’s Shrine to the Fallen, China’s Nanjin Massacre Memorial, The A Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, the balcony at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and The Liberation Route that runs from London to Berlin. Unsurprisingly, he finds that different countries view the war differently. In monuments erected in the US, Lowe sees triumph and patriotic dedications to the heroes. In Europe, the monuments are melancholy, ambiguous and more often than not dedicated to the victims. In these differing international views of the war, Lowe sees the stone and metal expressions of sentiments that imprison us today with their unchangeable opinions. Published on the 75th anniversary of the end of the war, Prisoners of History is a 21st century view of a 20th century war that still haunts us today.