Monument Wars

Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape

Autor: Kirk Savage

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Oprawa: Miękka

Wydawca: University of California Press

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The National Mall in Washington, D.C., is 'a great public space, as essential a part of the American...

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Autor

Kirk Savage

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

2011

strony

408

EAN

9780520271333

ISBN

0520271335

Enbook ID

04618158

Wydawca

University of California Press

Waga

966

Wymiary

179 x 254 x 32

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The National Mall in Washington, D.C., is 'a great public space, as essential a part of the American landscape as the Grand Canyon,' according to architecture critic Paul Goldberger, but few realize how recent, fragile, and contested this achievement is. In "Monument Wars", Kirk Savage tells the Mall's engrossing story - its historic plan, the structures that populate its corridors, and the sea change it reveals regarding national representation. Central to this narrative is a dramatic shift from the nineteenth-century concept of a decentralized landscape, or 'ground'-heroic statues spread out in traffic circles and picturesque parks-to the twentieth-century ideal of 'space,' in which authority is concentrated in an intensified center, and the monument is transformed from an object of reverence to a space of experience. Savage's lively and intelligent analysis traces the refocusing of the monuments themselves, from that of a single man, often on horseback, to commemorations of common soldiers or citizens; and, from monuments that celebrate victory and heroism to memorials honoring victims. An indispensable guide to the National Mall, "Monument Wars" provides a fresh and fascinating perspective on over two hundred years of American history.

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