具體描述
Spomenik’ the Serbo-Croat/Slovenian word for ‘monument’ – refers to a series of memorials built in Tito’s Republic of Yugoslavia from the 1960s-1990s, marking the horror of the occupation and the defeat of Axis forces during World War II. Hundreds were built across the country, from coastal resorts to remote mountains. Through these imaginative forms of concrete and steel, a classless, forward–looking, socialist society, free of ethnic tensions, was envisaged.
Instead of looking to the ideologically aligned Soviet Union for artistic inspiration, Tito turned to the west and works of abstract expressionism and minimalism. As a result, Yugoslavia was able to develop its own distinct identity through these brutal monuments, which were used as political tools to articulate Tito’s personal vision of a new tomorrow. Today, following the breakup of the country and the subsequent Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s, some have been destroyed or abandoned. Many have suffered the consequences of ethnic tensions – once viewed as symbols of hope they are now the focus of resentment and anger.
This book brings together the largest collection of spomeniks published to date. Each has been extensively photographed and researched by the author, to make this book the most comprehensive survey of this obscure and fascinating architectural phenomenon.
A fold-out map on the reverse of the dust jacket shows the exact location of each spomenik using GPS coordinates.
用戶評價
##前南斯拉夫，現東歐各國spomenikdatabase未來主義建築，隻有幸到訪過一座。
##“ 這些紀念碑是意識形態上的一種企圖。為瞭控製未來而控製過去 ”
##from MOMA，南斯拉夫的紀念碑（越是意識形態強烈越需要Monument啊...
##本書封麵能打開，有一張完整的紀念碑位置地圖，非常贊
##這本書也太棒瞭！完全都是我想看的內容！排版也好看，讀起來賞心悅目！
##巴爾乾半島旅遊預定
##好震撼！
##紀念碑。主理人的推薦
##每座紀念碑都有詳細的坐標經緯度、完工時間、設計師姓名、尺寸及材質介紹。曆史背景部分比較漲知識，有關前南斯拉夫以及如今的黑山共和國、剋羅地亞、斯洛文尼亞、塞爾維亞、科索沃和波斯尼亞。紀念碑如今的狀態介紹有時讓人悲喜交加。封皮是張紀念碑坐標地圖，清晰明瞭。總體是本不錯的旅遊指南。