Clothing the Nation: Representing a Distinctively Australian National Identity in World War I Memorial Architecture.
In: Australian Historical Studies, Jg. 52 (2021-02-01), Heft 1, S. 79-105
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Large-scale state and national memorials to World War I dead embody complex symbolism, spanning pride and grief. Built at a time when Australia sought to assert a more independent national identity, they provoke the question of how Australian designers chose to express national identity through the medium of commemorative architecture. To address this question, this article examines a range of designs submitted to three major Australian competitions held in the 1920s: for the National War Memorial of Victoria (Melbourne), the Australian War Memorial (Canberra), and the Australian Memorial (Villers-Bretonneux, France). It draws on visual documentation of these designs, unpublished competition reviews, and responses from the contemporary press, while its examination of both built and unbuilt designs enables a new analysis of contemporary architectural thought about memorials. In looking beyond the predominantly classical nature of these designs, this article discerns efforts by designers to create a deeper symbolic representation of nationhood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Clothing the Nation: Representing a Distinctively Australian National Identity in World War I Memorial Architecture.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Williams, Katti |
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Zeitschrift: | Australian Historical Studies, Jg. 52 (2021-02-01), Heft 1, S. 79-105 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2021 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1031-461X (print) |
DOI: | 10.1080/1031461X.2020.1858894 |
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