"Remove Not the Ancient Landmark"

Public Monuments and Moral Values

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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First published in 1996, "Remove Not the Ancient Landmark" explores the ways that public monuments symbolize and convey moral values. It analyzes the roles that monuments have always played and the influence they continue to exert on societies around the world. The book also explores the origins and nature of humanity in light of the monuments.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-05-31
Mått189 x 246 x undefined mm
Vikt480 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Revivals
Antal sidor250
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780367700713

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Donald Martin Reynolds is an art historian, consultant, and the author of numerous books, articles, and reviews on American art and architecture. He taught at Columbia University in New York City from 1970 to 2003. He was consultant to the Kemper Foundation. Dr. Reynolds is the recipient of ArtWatch International’s Frank Mason Prize, 2012, and in 2016, he was awarded the Paderewski Medal for his book on Andrew Pitynski. In 2018, he was elected a Member Emeritus of The National Sculpture Society and in 2020 he was awarded the Society’s 2020 Sculpture House Award.

Part I 1. Introduction 2. Do You Know a Monument to Modesty or Mirth? 3. Arch, Column, Equestrian Statue: Three Persistent Forms of Public Monument 4. Monument: The Word 5. The Evolution of Humanness 6. The Psychology of Public Monuments 7. Public Monuments 8. The Value of Public Monuments 9. A Bill of Rights for Works of Art 10. Venice: Time and Conservation 11. Monuments in New Countries 12. Brookgreen Gardens: Monument to American Sculpture 13. Bees on the Tomb of Urban VIII Part II 14. Statues of the Tsars and the Redefinition of Russia's Past 15. Monument to Russian Martyrs under Stalinism 16. Monumental Revisions of History in Twentieth-Century Germany 17. Eternal Celebrations in American Memorials 18. Evergreen Cemetery and Its Memorials 19. Raphell, Paradigm of Celebration 20. Co-Existence? Modernism and the Figure 21. The "Lone Sailor" and the "Homecoming" 22. Cathedral