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OverviewWhy was it that, across Scotland over the last two and a half centuries, architectural monuments were raised to national heroes? Were hero buildings commissioned as manifestations of certain social beliefs, or as a built environmental form of social advocacy? And if so, then how and why were social aims and intentions translated into architectural form, and how effective were they? A tradition of building architectural monuments to commemorate national heroes developed as a distinctive feature of the Scottish built environment. As concrete manifestations of powerful social and political currents of thought and opinion, these hero buildings make important statements about identity, the nation and social history. The book examines this architectural culture by studying a prominent selection of buildings, such as the Burns monuments in Alloway, Edinburgh and Kilmarnock, the Edinburgh Scott Monument, the Glenfinnan Monument and the Wallace Monument in Stirling. They give testimony to how a variety of architectural forms and styles can be adapted through time to bear particular social messages of symbolic weight. This tradition, which literally allows us to dwell on important social issues of the past, has been somewhat neglected in serious architectural history and heritage, and indeed one of the main monuments has already been destroyed. By raising awareness of this rich architectural and social heritage, while analysing and interpreting the buildings in their historical context, this book makes an exciting and original scholarly contribution to the current debates on identity and nationality taking place in Scotland and the wider UK. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Johnny RodgerPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9781472452719ISBN 10: 1472452712 Pages: 242 Publication Date: 28 June 2015 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; The hero building; Prototype: Hume and Glenfinnan monuments; Romantic poet - enlightenment poet: early Burns monuments; The Athens of the North/Valhalla of the West: Calton Hill in Edinburgh; Wizard of the North: the Scott Monument; Baronial revival and the National Wallace Monument; National poet - poet of humanity: late Burns monuments; Aberration, autism and vanity: Hamilton Mausoleum and the McCaig Tower; The fallen: the Scottish National War Memorial; A postmodern proof; Afterlife; Bibliography; Index.Reviews'This thought-provoking study will be invaluable for those looking to understand the idea of monumentality, both within and beyond a Scottish context, and will invite further examinations of the relationship between commemoration, identity and the urban' Dr. Kristen Carter McKee, University of Edinburgh, UK. 'This is a pioneering study, replete with new thinking and fizzing with provocation.' Ray McKenzie, The Architects' Journal, UK. a A contribution not only to architectural history but also to describing the deeper aesthetic self-conception of nationality in nineteenth and early twentieth-century Scotland. The layers of civic, historic and literary consciousness essayed in this book make it a bold new landmark in the explanation of Scotland's monumentality.a (TM) Gerard Carruthers, University of Glasgow, UK 'A contribution not only to architectural history but also to describing the deeper aesthetic self-conception of nationality in nineteenth and early twentieth-century Scotland. The layers of civic, historic and literary consciousness essayed in this book make it a bold new landmark in the explanation of Scotland's monumentality.' Gerard Carruthers, University of Glasgow, UK `This thought-provoking study will be invaluable for those looking to understand the idea of monumentality, both within and beyond a Scottish context, and will invite further examinations of the relationship between commemoration, identity and the urban' Dr. Kristen Carter McKee, University of Edinburgh, UK. ã ã `This is a pioneering study, replete with new thinking and fizzing with provocation.' Ray McKenzie, The Architects' Journal, UK. Author InformationJohnny Rodger is Professor of Urban Literature at the Glasgow School of Art. His published work includes fiction such as The Auricle (1995) and Redundant (1998) and critical volumes like Contemporary Glasgow (Rutland Press, 1999), Gillespie Kidd & Coia 1956-87 (RIAS, 2007), Tartan Pimps: Gordon Brown, Margaret Thatcher and the New Scotland (2010), and The Red Cockatoo: James Kelman and the Art of Commitment (2011). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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