Surely we can offer the victims of 9/11 a better tribute than Reflecting Absence, a gloomy piece of landscape architecture with lists of names. But what makes an effective tribute? What makes a memorable memorial? The sculptures in nearby Battery Park provide excellent examples of memorials dedicated over the past hundred years. This essay points out lessons from half a dozen of them that can be applied to a memorial for the World Trade Center – and explains how our memorials declined from portraits to puddles. Read it in the comfort of your armchair (about 250 photos are included) or go on a walking tour. Also included: an illustrated and annotated list of 30 memorials in Manhattan that are dedicated to people whose job is to keep us safe: soldiers, policemen, firemen, and so on.
Dianne L. Durante
From Portraits to Puddles
New York Memorails from the Civil War to the World Trade Center Memorial (Reflecting Absence)
From Portraits to Puddles
New York Memorails from the Civil War to the World Trade Center Memorial (Reflecting Absence)
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 158 ● ISBN 9781088207222 ● File size 3.2 MB ● Publisher Dianne L. Durante ● Published 2023 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 9093599 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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