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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VerfasserInnen: Michael Schneider, Rolf (VerfasserIn) ; Rankin, Elizabeth (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2020
In:Jahr: 2020
weitere Schlagwörter:B African history
B Ancient history: to c 500 CE
B Classical Greek & Roman archaeology
B Ancient religions & mythologies
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Zusammenfassung: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?
ISBN:3110669048
Zugangseinschränkungen:Open Access
Persistent identifiers:HDL: 20.500.12854/37962