Translation of a phamphlet by the famous austrian art historian, which establishes principles and guidelines for historic preservation on the basis of the monument's "values" (age-value, historical value, intentional commemorative value, use-value, art-value, newness-value). First published in vienna 1903 as "der moderne denkmal-kultus"; transl. From a 1924 edition by kurt. W. ...(展开全部)

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 cl...(展开全部)

Mark Strand is the author of nine books of poems, including Blizzard of One , winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize. He was the Poet Laureate of the United States in 1990, and currently teaches at the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. He lives in Chicago.