From Memory to Marble - Rankin, Elizabeth; Schneider, Rolf Michael
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From Memory to Marble is an investigation by an art historian and an archaeologist into why and how a major monument was created: the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria. Built during the rise of Afrikaner Nationalism and inaugurated in 1949, the Monument houses one of the world's largest historical friezes in marble. By turning 18 years of history into 92 metres of marble the frieze gave permanent form to the founding myth of Afrikanerdom, the 'Great Trek' into the hinterland of South Africa (1835-52). The visual narratives carved in the frieze and the debates that lie behind them are the focus…mehr

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From Memory to Marble is an investigation by an art historian and an archaeologist into why and how a major monument was created: the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria. Built during the rise of Afrikaner Nationalism and inaugurated in 1949, the Monument houses one of the world's largest historical friezes in marble. By turning 18 years of history into 92 metres of marble the frieze gave permanent form to the founding myth of Afrikanerdom, the 'Great Trek' into the hinterland of South Africa (1835-52). The visual narratives carved in the frieze and the debates that lie behind them are the focus of this book. Both provide a rare window onto the pernicious ideologies that were to dominate South Africa up to the end of apartheid - and onto the Monument's legacy, ranging from unquestioning agreement to strident rejection.
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"This is interdisciplinary research at its best: an art-historical approach with emphasis on historical documentation, on interpretation of narrative and style and an archaeological approach to the artifact itself, its material quality and technical execution, as a point of departure for appreciating every aspect of the process of transforming the raw material of marble into memory. The book is beautifully produced with excellent new photographs by Russell Scott as well as diagrams of the distribution of the panels in the Hall of Heroes and fold-out illustrations of the frieze in its entirety." Jane Fejfer in: The Burlington Magazine, 2021/11

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"But what really stands out in the analysis is the 'unconditional collaboration' (5) between an art historian and a classical archaeologist: on the one hand, the project showcases how a broader art-historical training can enrich the traditional sorts of questions posed by classical archaeology, especially when itcomes to issues of pictorial narrative; on the other, it demonstrates what classical archaeological formalism can offer to contemporary art history, and indeed larger debates about cultural history and contemporary identity politics. The result will be essential reading for anyone concerned with the legacy of classical ideas and imagery in South Africa." Michael Squire in: Greece & Rome, 2022/1