ArtH 1801

Memorials and Memorialization

Prof. Dabbs

Review List for Exam #1 (scheduled for Tues. Oct. 3)

*FINAL UPDATE HAS BEEN MADE TO REVIEW LIST AS OF 9/26/17*

As a reminder: although I’ve put dates on this list, you will not be asked to know them for the exam

Also please let me know of any broken links – thanks!

I. Temporary Memorials

Temporary Memorial following death of Princess Diana, London, 1997

To think about/review: what are typical elements and characteristics of temporary memorials? What purposes do they serve? In what ways are they different from permanent memorials? Why have they become so popular in recent years?

II. Questioning Memorials --- what do I want to know more about? [I may have a general question on this topic]

Ex. used in class: the Princess Diana Memorial Fountain (2004)

III. Memorials vs. Monuments

Although there can be overlap between these two terms, what are some of the key ways in which they can be differentiated?

Exs. seen in class: The Statue of Liberty (1886)

Michael Jordan Statue (1994)

General Robert E. Lee Statue (Charlottesville, VA; dedicated 1924)

IV. Ancient Greek forms of memorialization, and their modern counterparts

Dipylon Vase, Geometric krater, c. 750 BCE [ancient Greek]

Terms: register;

Kroisos, Greek Archaic period, c. 530 BCE terms: kouros; polychrome; sculpture in the round (i.e., 3-D)

[yes, this site is in German, but it has a great image you can zoom!]

Kore (also Greek Archaic period)

Grave Stele of a Little Girl, Classical Greek period, c. 450 BCE terms: stele; relief sculpture; iconography

Other terms (modern examples): plaque; monument;

To think about/review:

- how are tomb monuments/markers of the present day like, as well as unlike, these ancient Greek examples?

- what are some of the differences between the use of plaques vs. monument markers in cemeteries? Why might one choose to use one vs. the other?

- what are the advantages/disadvantages of relief sculpture vs. 3-D sculpture as a form of memorialization?

V. Portraiture as Memorial:

Mummy Case with Portrait of Artemidorus, ancient Roman/Egyptian, c. 100

term: encaustic

And we very briefly saw some examples of post-mortem photography (19^th C. baby in casket; African-American woman) – won’t be asked about this!

For further info (if interested – and it really is interesting!): website on 19^th-C post-mortem photography

Info. on the exhibit of post-mortem photographs of African-Americans

To think about/review:

In what ways are portraits used as a form of memorialization? (past or present; see also on this the brief reading excerpt from S. West’s Portraiture, pdf on our course Moodle)

VI. Innovations in Memorials I: Shaw & 54th Mass Regiment

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Shaw Memorial (also known as Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the 54^th Massachusetts Regiment

Original bronze (Boston), 1884-1897

Gilded (or patinated) plaster copy (National Gallery of Art), 1900 [this version was made so the memorial could travel on exhibit]

Website for background reading

For more of the historical background (if interested), check out the movie “Glory” (M. Broderick, D. Washington, 1989)

Also saw: Saint-Gaudens, Sherman Memorial, 1892-1903 (NYC, Central Park) [saw briefly, won’t be asked to know]

Marcus Aurelius, ancient Roman, 2^nd C. [saw briefly, won’t be asked to know]

Key names/terms: equestrian monument; collective memorial