Death and Vitality in Monumental Art in Eastern Europe After the Second World War
Death and Vitality in Monumental Art in Eastern Europe After the Second World War
Author(s): Nikolai VukovSubject(s): Cultural history
Published by: NEW EUROPE COLLEGE - Institute for Advanced Studies
Keywords: socialist monuments in Eastern Europe - Fields; Limits; Contours; monument; Bodies; Heroes; Sacrifices; Symbols; death in socialist monuments; Between Heaven and Earth: Mausoleums;
Summary/Abstract: A well-known and frequently quoted example reminds us of how the principles of the mnemonic technique were discovered in antiquity. In Book II of Cicero’s De Oratore, Antonius discusses with his friends the value of memory training and recounts how one day Simonides had just stepped out of a banquet hall when the roof collapsed, killing all who had remained inside. Simonides was able to reconstruct the guest list by recalling the location of each person’s seat at the table. By placing images in their spatial backgrounds in his memory, he managed to provide an account of the order, and to revive the identity of those who lay dead under the fallen roof (cf. Carruthers 1990:22, 147; Carruthers 1998:27-28, 197; Marin 1992:197-209).
Journal: New Europe College Yearbook
- Issue Year: 2001
- Issue No: 09
- Page Range: 251-298
- Page Count: 48
- Language: English