From Memory to Marble: The historical frieze of the Voortrekker Monument Part I: The Frieze

by Rolf Michael Schneider and Elizabeth Rankin

From Memory to Marble is an investigation by an art historian and an archaeologist into why and how a major monument was created: the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria. Built during the rise of Afrikaner Nationalism and inaugurated in 1949, the Monument houses one of the world's largest historical friezes in marble. By turning 18 years of history into 92 metres of marble the frieze gave permanent form to the founding myth of Afrikanerdom, the 'Great...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1928502857
• ISBN13: 9781928502852
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: African Minds
• Length: 524 Pages
• Weight: 2.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.3" x 11.7"