Language:
English
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Genocide and Memory
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2019) 169-185
Keywords:
Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas (Berlin, Germany)
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Commemoration
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Holocaust memorials
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War memorials
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Public art
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Memory in art
Abstract:
We often acknowledge and memorialize events of human suffering through works of art. This sometimes begins as a personal statement, as was the case with Picasso’s Guernica . Oftentimes such acknowledgments take the form of a national statement, such as the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas) in Berlin. The Berlin memorial raises challenging moral and aesthetic questions regarding the memorializing function of such public monuments. What sorts of experiences are such memorials intended to evoke in the viewer? Is there a tension between the aesthetic experience and the “real” emotions such memorials engender? Does the didactic nature of such works rest comfortably with their aesthetic function? Are these functions mutually exclusive? Such questions are addressed in this chapter.
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-65513-0_10
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