Miniature Monuments : Modeling German History.

This study takes a material object as its starting point: small-scale models of bombed out cities. Created between 1946 and the present, these plastic renderings of places provide eerie glimpses of destruction and devastation resulting of war. This study considers these "miniature monuments&quo...

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Main Author Puff, Helmut
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin : De Gruyter, 2014.
SeriesMedia and Cultural Memory / Medien und kulturelle Erinnerung.
Subjects
města
názorné modely
druhá světová válka (1939-1945)
válečné škody
sídelní geografie
cities and towns
visual models
World War (1939-1945)
war damage
urban geography
elektronické knihy
monografie
electronic books
monographs
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Summary:This study takes a material object as its starting point: small-scale models of bombed out cities. Created between 1946 and the present, these plastic renderings of places provide eerie glimpses of destruction and devastation resulting of war. This study considers these "miniature monuments" in a deep cultural history that interlaces the 16th, 18th, and 20th centuries. Miniature Monuments thus tackles a haunting paradox: building ruins.- Resumé vydavatel
Physical Description:1 online zdroj (310 stran)
Bibliography:Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy a index.
ISBN:9783110304091
9783110368345
9783110303858
Access:Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty

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