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1. A Journey To the 'Center of The World.

Author

MOOALLEM, JON

Subjects
*MONUMENT design & construction, *PYRAMIDS, *AESTHETICS
Abstract

The article offers the author's insights on Jacques-André Istel, the founder of the town Felicity in California. Topics discussed include the construction of an array of triangular monuments between the bill and the pyramid, the development of the world the Official Center of the World, and the sly aesthetic of Istel. He mentions Istel's lead artist Gene Britton, retired private-school headmaster Don Gaebelein and his wife Norma Gaebelein.

Published
2014

2. This Artist Has a Lot of Work to Do. Tons.

Author

SCHONBRUN, ZACH

Subjects
*SCULPTORS, *MONUMENT design & construction
Abstract

The article features 56-year-old sculptor Brian Hanlon who unveiled monuments of sports icons in the U.S. including the monuments of Charles Barkley at Auburn, Evander Holyfield in Atlanta and Jackie Robinson at the Rose Bowl. Hanlon speaks often on his spiritual connection between his art and its inspiration.

Published
2018

3. New Monuments to the Confederacy Are Rising, on Private Property.

Author

TAVERNISE, SABRINA, Blinder, Alan, and Fernandez, Manny

Subjects
*MONUMENT design & construction, *CONFEDERATION of states, *MEMORIALS, *HISTORY
Abstract

The article features the monument erected behind the Georgetown Historical Society in Delaware in 2007 to honor Delawareans who had served the confederacy, wherein it mentions Robert Eldreth who led the group to put the monument. It mentions several statements from various persons including W. Fitzhugh Brundage of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Jimmy Hill of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and more.

Published
2017

4. Gentle Rainbows for a Gay and Transgender Monument.

Author

BARONE, JOSHUA

Subjects
*MONUMENT design & construction, *GAY people -- Monuments
Abstract

The article offers information on artist Anthony Goicolea's design plan for a gay and transgender monument commissioned by Governor of New York Andrew M. Cuomo which is set to be built in Hudson River Park, New York.

Published
2017

5. Sculptor’s Ambitions Of Heroic Proportion.

Author

HARRIS, GARDINER

Subjects
*MONUMENTS, *STATUES, *MONUMENT design & construction, *SCULPTORS, *EMPLOYMENT, *ATTITUDE (Psychology)
Abstract

The article profiles monumental sculptor Ram V. Sutar, highlighting the possibility that he will win a commission to create a monument of Indian independence leader Sardar Patel, which would be the world's largest statue, as of August 4, 2014. Topics addressed include his productivity and popularity as a sculptor of realist statues in India, his reputation as an artist, and his desire to produce more Modernist works.

Published
2014

6. Monuments for Future Generations.

Subjects
*MONUMENT design & construction, *NATIONAL parks & reserves
Abstract

The author reflects on the proposal by President Barack Obama to construct potential monument designations in various national parks in the U.S. following the 1906 Antiquities Act.

Published
2016

7. Jersey Shore Town Decides a Seaside Pavilion Was a Monumental Mistake.

Author

McGEEHAN, PATRICK

Subjects
*MONUMENT design & construction, *HURRICANE Sandy, 2012
Abstract

The article reports on the demands regarding removal of a monument in Highlands Borough Council, New Jersey that was built as a sign of the community's resilience in the purview of Hurricane Sandy, as of January 2016, and mentions that the construction required approval from State of New Jersey.

Published
2016

8. Monument Seeks to End Silence on Killings of the Disabled by the Nazis.

Author

EDDY, MELISSA

Subjects
*MONUMENT design & construction, *PEOPLE with intellectual disabilities, *CRIME victims
Abstract

The article reports on the construction of a 79-foot-long wall of blue tinted glass monument at Tiergartenstrasse 4 in Berlin, Germany on September 2, 2014 in memory of the mentally ill and intellectually disabled people, who were the victims of the direct medical killings by the Nazis during World War II.

Published
2014

9. Integration must wait on Dixie heroes avenue.

Author

Allen, Mike

Subjects
*MONUMENT design & construction, *STATUES
Abstract

Looks at the problems facing the completion of a monument of former tennis player Arthur Ashe on Richmond's monument avenue. Description of delays; When delays started; Comments by Ashe's wife, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe.

Published
1996

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