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

Title
Public monuments : art in political bondage, 1870-1997 / Sergiusz Michalski.
Author
Michalski, Sergiusz.
Publication
London : Reaktion Books, 1998.

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Description
236 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
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.
Series Statement
Essays in art and culture
Uniform Title
Essays in art and culture (London, England)
Subjects
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • 其他题名:Art in Political Bondage 1870-1997.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
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.
ISBN
  • 1861890257
  • 9781861890252
  • 9781780232355
  • 1780232357
LCCN
2021301021
OCLC
  • 40549549
  • SCSB-11015119
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library