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Spomenik Monument Database (Hardcover)
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Spomenik Monument Database (Hardcover)
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List price R745
Loot Price R595
Discovery Miles 5 950
You Save R150 (20%)
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The first ever spomenik guidebook, with over 75 examples alongside
map references and information on why they exist and who built
them. Spomenik' the Serbo-Croat/Slovenian word for 'monument' -
refers to a series of memorials built in Tito's Republic of
Yugoslavia from the 1960s-1990s, marking the horror of the
occupation and the defeat of Axis forces during World War II.
Hundreds were built across the country, from coastal resorts to
remote mountains. Through these imaginative forms of concrete and
steel, a classless, forward-looking, socialist society, free of
ethnic tensions, was envisaged. Instead of looking to the
ideologically aligned Soviet Union for artistic inspiration, Tito
turned to the west and works of abstract expressionism and
minimalism. As a result, Yugoslavia was able to develop its own
distinct identity through these brutal monuments, which were used
as political tools to articulate Tito's personal vision of a new
tomorrow. Today, following the breakup of the country and the
subsequent Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s, some have been destroyed or
abandoned. Many have suffered the consequences of ethnic tensions -
once viewed as symbols of hope they are now the focus of resentment
and anger. This book brings together the largest collection of
spomeniks published to date. Each has been extensively photographed
and researched by the author, to make this book the most
comprehensive survey of this obscure and fascinating architectural
phenomenon. A fold-out map on the reverse of the dust jacket shows
the exact location of each spomenik using GPS coordinates.
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