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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Autori: Michael Schneider, Rolf (Autore) ; Rankin, Elizabeth (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Libro
Lingua:Inglese
Verificare la disponibilità: HBZ Gateway
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Pubblicazione: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2020
In:Anno: 2020
Altre parole chiave:B African history
B Ancient history: to c 500 CE
B Classical Greek & Roman archaeology
B Ancient religions & mythologies
Accesso online: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Riepilogo: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
Accesso:Open Access
Persistent identifiers:HDL: 20.500.12854/37962