Monuments and Memorials
How can architects, sculptors, and designers best honor the dead? Should they pay tribute with realistic sculptures of heroes? Or, will the monument be more meaningful and profound if they choose abstract forms? For pictures of famous monuments and facts about memorial design, follow these links.
Monuments and Memorials
Often the most powerful memorials are surrounded with controversy. The memorials listed here show various ways designers have chosen to respond to honor heros or respond to tragic events.
Often the most powerful memorials are surrounded with controversy. The memorials listed here show various ways designers have chosen to respond to honor heros or respond to tragic events.
The Berlin Holocaust Memorial
Architect Peter Eisenman stirred controversy when he unveiled plans for the Berlin Holocaust Memorial. Critics protest that the Memorial is too abstract and does not present historical information about the Nazi campaign against the Jews. Other people say that the Memorial resembles a vast field of nameless tombstones and captures the horror of the Nazi death camps.
Architect Peter Eisenman stirred controversy when he unveiled plans for the Berlin Holocaust Memorial. Critics protest that the Memorial is too abstract and does not present historical information about the Nazi campaign against the Jews. Other people say that the Memorial resembles a vast field of nameless tombstones and captures the horror of the Nazi death camps.