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I don’t think it’s evident what the Taj Mahal or Arc du Triomphe commemorate from their form, either.
by anamexis 2y ago
I don’t think it’s evident what the Taj Mahal or Arc du Triomphe commemorate from their form, either.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 2y agoIt may not be clear what they commemorate, but it is evident that they commemorate.
- anamexis 2y agoI don’t think that’s evident, either. There’s plenty of ornate architecture that doesn’t commemorate anything.
- croes 2y agoI doubt that is true at least for the Taj Mahal and even the Arc de Triomphe.
- seanhunter 2y agoIf that's true about the Taj Mahal, it's true about the Spomenik also. So now what? You origintally made the point to try to distingish between the power of representative art vs abstract art (although I'm struggling to understand what is more representative about the Taj Mahal and the Arc de Triomphe than these also).
- peoplefromibiza 2y agoto me as Italian it is evident that Arc du Triomphe it's a replica and that's all I can say for sure about it Otoh it is quite evident to me that Spomenik monuments are there to commemorate something or they would be very different