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Author : Judith Dupré
Publisher :
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 14,83 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
From the award-winning, bestselling author of Skyscrapers, Churches, and Bridges comes a stunning visual history that serves as a tribute to classic American landmarks.
Author : Jeanette Bicknell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 28,23 MB
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : 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.
Author : Kirk Savage
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 40,22 MB
Release : 2011-07-11
Category : 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.
Author : Carol M. Highsmith
Publisher : Anything Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,20 MB
Release : 1998-02
Category :
ISBN : 9780517188798
We are taking our Anything Books series to new heights with the introduction of the Anything Book D.C. Series, featuring stunning photographs of Washington, D.C., by award-winning photographer Carol M. Highsmith.
Author : Maya Lin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 48,35 MB
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : 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.
Author : Keith Lowe
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 20,99 MB
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : 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.
Author : Quentin Stevens
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 30,1 MB
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1317600037
Memorials are more diverse in design and subject matter than ever before. No longer limited to statues of heroes placed high on pedestals, contemporary memorials engage visitors in new, often surprising ways, contributing to the liveliness of public space. In Memorials as Spaces of Engagement Quentin Stevens and Karen A. Franck explore how changes in memorial design and use have helped forge closer, richer relationships between commemorative sites and their visitors. The authors combine first hand analysis of key examples with material drawn from existing scholarship. Examples from the US, Canada, Australia and Europe include official, formally designed memorials and informal ones, those created by the public without official sanction. Memorials as Spaces of Engagement discusses important issues for the design, management and planning of memorials and public space in general. The book is organized around three topics: how the physical design of memorial objects and spaces has evolved since the 19th century; how people experience and understand memorials through the activities of commemorating, occupying and interpreting; and the issues memorials raise for management and planning. Memorials as Spaces of Engagement will be of interest to architects, landscape architects and artists; historians of art, architecture and culture; urban sociologists and geographers; planners, policymakers and memorial sponsors; and all those concerned with the design and use of public space.
Author : Melissa Hart
Publisher : Teacher Created Resources
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 36,13 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN : 0743935985
Describes America's most famous and lesser known monuments and memorials, as well as other landmarks, national parks, and preserves.
Author : Joseph A. Ronsisvalle
Publisher :
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 14,76 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Memorials
ISBN :
Author : Publications International
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,22 MB
Release : 2018-06
Category : 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.