[Book review]

Author

Orvell, Miles

Document type

Compte rendu de livre

Language

English

Source

Winterthur portfolio. 1992, Num. 1, Vol. 27, p. 97-101

ISSN

0084-0416

Abstract (en)

An account of the battle; the raising of first one and then a second, larger American flag; photographic records of this; and especially the well-known photograph by Joe Rosenthal of Marines raising the second flag, which served as the basis for the Marine Corps Memorial Foundation monument (Arlington) and other Iwo Jima memorial statues by Felix de Weldon. The reviewer focuses on Rosenthal's photograph and on the controversy and confusion concerning its authenticity, noting that while it was not staged, its circumstances were misrepresented by the Marine Corps and the U.S. Government.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- Pictorial arts -- Photography -- United States
• Rosenthal, Joe, b.1911
• Photography
• United States
• Marines Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
• Commemorative monuments
• Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)
• Marine Corps||United States
• Marine Corps War Memorial||Arlington (VA, USA)
• Documentary photography
• War memorials
• Iconography
• Sculpture

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Photographie -- États-Unis
• Photographie
• Etats-Unis
• Marines hissant le drapeau sur l'Iwō Jima
• Monument commémoratif
• Bataille d'Iwō-Jima (1945)
• Marine Corps||United States
• Marine Corps War Memorial||Arlington (VA, USA)
• Photographie documentaire
• Monument aux morts
• Iconographie
• Sculpture

Review of

19930401-00367019

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19930401-00367020

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