Public monuments : art in political bondage, 1870-1997 / Sergiusz Michalski.

Main entry:

Michalski, Sergiusz.

Title & Author:

Public monuments : art in political bondage, 1870-1997 / Sergiusz Michalski.

Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 1998.

Description:

236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Essays in art and culture

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236).
Democratic 'Statuomania' in Paris -- Bismarck and the lure of Teutonic granite -- Memorials to the Great War -- The Nazi monuments -- The Communist pantheon -- In quest of a new heroic form -- Invisibility and inversion -- Public monuments in the Third World -- Monuments in the 1990s and beyond.

Summary:

Public monuments to significant individuals or to political concepts are familiar to most of us, but the notions underlying them may not be so obvious. This book traces the history of the public monument, from the 1870s to the present day.

ISBN:

1861890257
9781861890252
9781780232355
1780232357

Subject:

Monuments Political aspects.
Art Political aspects History 19th century.
Art Political aspects History 20th century.
Art and state.
Monuments.
Public sculpture.
Monuments Aspect politique.
Art Aspect politique Histoire 19e siècle.
Art Aspect politique Histoire 20e siècle.
Art Politique gouvernementale.
Sculpture publique.
political art.
monuments.
public sculpture.
Art Political aspects
Monumentale kunst.
Openbare ruimte.
Kunstbeleid.
Propaganda.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Essays in art and culture (London, England)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 205358
Call No.: NA9345 .M5 1998
Status: Available

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