dc.contributor.author |
Steenkamp, Alta
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dc.date.accessioned |
2012-10-05T14:31:38Z |
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dc.date.available |
2012-10-05T14:31:38Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2011 |
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dc.description.abstract |
In Gerhard Moerdyk’s communications, both orally and in writing, on the origin and importance
of the design of the Voortrekker Monument (1949, Pretoria, South Africa) he often associated this
monument with various other monuments across the world. These references fall in two groups:
the first concerns a statement that developed and changed over time, wherein the Voortrekker
Monument is placed in a scale relationship to well-known world monuments. These include the
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Pantheon, St. Peter’s Cathedral, the Dom des Invalides, the
Taj Mahal, an Egyptian pyramid, the Great Wall of China and the Völkerslacht Denkmal. The
second concerns the relationship of the design of the Voortrekker Monument to Great Zimbabwe,
and explores the different views that Moerdyk expressed of this monument. The article shows
how Afrikaner sentiment and ideology directed and shifted Moerdyk’s own personal views and
comments on the tension that arose between his personal interest as an architect and his public
views as a representative of Afrikaner ideals. |
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dc.description.abstract |
In Gerhard Moerdyk se kommunikasies rondom die ontwerp van die Voortrekker-monument
(1949, Pretoria, Suid-Afrika), beide mondelings en in skrif, assosieer hy gereeld die monument
met ‘n verskeidenheid ander monumente regoor die wêreld. Hierdie verwysings val in twee groepe:
die eerste hou verband met ‘n stelling wat verander en ontwikkel oor tyd, waarin die Voortrekkermonument
geplaas word binne ‘n skaal-vergelyking tot bekende monumente regoor die wêreld. Dit
sluit in die Mausoleum van Halikarnassus, die Pantheon, die Petrusbasilika, die Dom des Invalides,
die Taj Mahal, ‘n Egiptiese piramiede, die Groot Muur van Sjina en die Völkerslachtdenkmal. Die
tweede behels die verband tussen die ontwerp van die Voortrekker-monument en Groot Zimbabwe,
en ondersoek die verskillende opinies wat Moerdyk uitdruk oor hierdie monument. Die artikel wys
hoe Afrikaner-sentiment en -ideologie Moerdyk se opinies beïnvloed, en lewer kommentaar op die
verskille wat ontstaan tussen sy persoonlike belangstellings as argitek en sy publieke posisie as
verteenwoordiger van Afrikaner ideale. |
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dc.description.librarian |
ai2013 |
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dc.format.extent |
11 pages |
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PDF |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Steenkamp, A 2011, 'Ambiguous associations : monuments referred to in the design of the Voortrekker Monument', South African Journal of Art History, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 79-89. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sajah.html] |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0258-3542 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/20074 |
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dc.publisher |
Art Historical Work Group of South Africa |
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dc.rights |
Art Historical Work Group of South Africa |
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dc.subject |
Architecture |
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dc.subject |
Voortrekker Monument |
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dc.subject |
Moerdyk, Gerhard |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Architecture and history -- South Africa |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
National monuments -- South Africa |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Voortrekker Monument (Pretoria, South Africa) -- Design |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Afrikaners -- South Africa -- Ethnic identity |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
White nationalism |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Nationalism and architecture -- South Africa |
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dc.title |
Ambiguous associations : monuments referred to in the design of the Voortrekker Monument |
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dc.type |
Article |
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