From Memory to Marble
The book is a rare case study of the dynamics, processes and shifts around the creation and reading of one of the world’s major monuments, through all the processes of its design and making. The frieze which represents the Great Trek and Voortrekker occupation of South Africa (1835-52) is one of the...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Further subjects: | B
African history
B Ancient history: to c 500 CE B Classical Greek & Roman archaeology B Ancient religions & mythologies |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | The book is a rare case study of the dynamics, processes and shifts around the creation and reading of one of the world’s major monuments, through all the processes of its design and making. The frieze which represents the Great Trek and Voortrekker occupation of South Africa (1835-52) is one of the largest of its kind. The key question is how, a century later, were eighteen years of Voortrekker memory transformed into a 92-metre marble frieze? |
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| ISBN: | 3110669048 |
| Access: | Open Access |
| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 20.500.12854/37962 |