ABSTRACT

This book explores the ways that public monuments symbolize and convey moral values. It analyzes the roles that monuments have always played and the influence they continue to exert on societies around the world. The book also explores the origins and nature of humanity in light of the monuments.

part |2 pages

Part I

chapter 1|6 pages

Introduction

chapter 4|6 pages

Monument: The Word

chapter 5|14 pages

The Evolution of Humanness

chapter 6|6 pages

The Psychology of Public Monuments

chapter 7|6 pages

Public Monuments

chapter 8|6 pages

The Value of Public Monuments

chapter 9|8 pages

A Bill of Rights for Works of Art

chapter 10|6 pages

Venice: Time and Conservation

chapter 11|4 pages

Monuments in New Countries

chapter 13|8 pages

Bees on the Tomb of Urban VIII

part |2 pages

Part II

chapter 17|30 pages

Eternal Celebrations in American Memorials

chapter 18|8 pages

Evergreen Cemetery and Its Memorials

chapter 19|4 pages

Raphell, Paradigm of Celebration

chapter 20|4 pages

Co-Existence? Modernism and the Figure

chapter 21|10 pages

The "Lone Sailor" and the "Homecoming"

chapter 22|14 pages

Cathedral