TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hans A. Pohlsander
PY  - 2011
CY  - Oxford, United Kingdom
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783035300864
TI  - National Monuments and Nationalism in 19th Century Germany
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-0353-0086-4
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1043733
N2  - No century in modern European history has built monuments with more enthusiasm than the 19th. Of the hundreds of monuments erected, those which sprang from a nation-wide initiative and addressed themselves to a nation, rather than part of a nation, we may call national monuments. Nelson’s Column in London or the Arc de Triomphe in Paris are obvious examples. In Germany the 19th century witnessed a veritable flood of monuments, many of which rank as national monuments. These reflected and contributed to a developing sense of national identity and the search for national unity; they also document an unsuccessful effort to create a «genuinely German» style. They constitute a historical record, quite apart from aesthetic appeal or ideological message. As this historical record is examined, German national monuments of the 19th century are described and interpreted against the background of the nationalism which gave birth to them.
KW  - Geschichte 1800-1900, Brandenburg Gate, Deutschland, Nationalismus, Nationaldenkmal, Nationalism, Wittenberg, Historical record
LA  - English
ER  -