Comparing altars and agendas - using architecture to unite?

dc.contributor.authorJanse van Rensburg, Ariane
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-23T06:25:38Z
dc.date.available2010-04-23T06:25:38Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractIn this explorative comparison between the Voortrekker Monument (G.L. Moerdijk, 1949) and the Freedom Park project (Mashabane Rose Architects, 2003 ongoing) on opposite hills south of Pretoria, the obvious differences in language and ideology of these monuments may be outweighed by the similarities in their conception and history. Both projects aim to unite disparate factions into new national identities, using architecture with reinforcing religion and ritual to facilitate this. These strategies are examined and compared and the monuments are evaluated to determine whether they can be considered to be spiritual altars. In the case of the Voortrekker Monument, the described strategies were used to promote Afrikaner “Christian Nationalism”, a religio-political agenda that was restrictive and divisive. This raises the question whether Freedom Park’s similarities imply similar potential.en_US
dc.description.abstractDans cette comparaison entre le Monument des Voortrekkers (G.L. Moerdijk, 1949) et la Place de la Liberté (Mashabane Rose Architects, 2003, en cours) sur des collines au sud de Pretoria, il semble que les différences frappantes de style et d’idéologie sont peut-être moins importantes en définitive que leur ressemblance en termes de conception et d’histoire. Les deux projets visent à unifier des groupes disparates en de nouvelles identités nationales, en utilisant un symbolisme architectural fondé sur les rites et la religion. Ces stratégies sont examinées et comparées; les deux monuments sont examinés en termes d’autels spirituels. Le Monument des Voortrekkers a servi à construire le nationalisme Afrikaner «chrétien», avec les résultats qui ont désuni et limité. Ses ressemblances avec la Place de la Liberté impliquent-elles des objectifs similaires?fr
dc.identifier.citationJanse van Rensburg, A 2009, 'Comparing altars and agendas - using architecture to unite?', South African Journal of Art History, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 33-49. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sajah.html]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0258-3542
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/14001
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherArt Historical Work Group of South Africaen_US
dc.rightsArt Historical Work Group of South Africaen_US
dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.subjectVoortrekker Monumenten_US
dc.subjectFreedom Parken_US
dc.subjectSpiritualen_US
dc.subjectAltarsen_US
dc.subjectReligionen_US
dc.subjectRitualen_US
dc.subject.lcshArchitecture and religionen
dc.subject.lcshArchitecture and state -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshArchitecture and society -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshArchitecture and history -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshNationalism and architecture -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshNational monuments -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshVoortrekker Monument (Pretoria, South Africa) -- Political aspectsen
dc.subject.lcshFreedom Park (Pretoria, South Africa) -- Political aspectsen
dc.titleComparing altars and agendas - using architecture to unite?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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