From Memory to Marble : The historical frieze of the Voortrekker Monument Part II: The Scenes

Michael Schneider, Rolf

From Memory to Marble : The historical frieze of the Voortrekker Monument Part II: The Scenes - Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2020 - 1 electronic resource (646 p.)

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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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English

9783110668797

10.1515/9783110668797 doi


The arts: general issues
African history
Ancient history: to c 500 CE
Classical Greek & Roman archaeology
Ancient religions & mythologies
Cultural studies

Voortrekker Monument Pretoria Boer pioneers Great Trek