The secret of the cenotaph

Author

Crompton, Andrew

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

AA files. 1997, Num. 34, p. 64-67, 5 ill.

ISSN

0261-6823

Abstract (en)

Analyzes the design of the Cenotaph, London, 1919, by Edwin Lutyens. This monument to the British empire's losses in the first World War was purported to have been drafted as though it were a segment of an enormous sphere.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Architecture -- United Kingdom
• Lutyens, Edwin Landseer, 1869-1944
• Architecture
• Commemorative monuments
• Great Britain
• 1900-2000
• Cenotaph||London (GBR)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Architecture -- Royaume-Uni
• Lutyens, Edwin Landseer, 1869-1944
• Architecture
• Monument commémoratif
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1900-2000
• Cenotaph||London (GBR)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19990401-00205318

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