Demolishing Modernism
GDR and Neo-Prussian Architecture in Berlin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12417833 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Xavier Costa (0000-0002-5813-1228, Northeastern University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | S1 |
| Pages | S102-S107 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1062-7987 • E-ISSN: 1474-0575 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1062798722000369 |
| OpenAlex | W4309009575 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
This article examines the significance of some recent architecture and urban demolitions in Berlin. As an example of present-day iconoclasm in the heart of Europe, the relevance of these cases lies not only in the destruction of politically-charged artefacts, but also in their replacement with replicas of eighteenth-century architecture, thus materializing a Prussian revival and a nostalgia for the country’s royal past. In 2006, Berlin initiated the demolition of the Palace of the Republic ( Palast der Republik ). The Palast der Republik occupied the site of the original Berlin Palace, or Berliner Schloss , the residence of the Hohenzollern dynasty between 1701 and 1918. The demolition of the Palast has been followed by the construction of a replica of the eighteenth-century Schlos s, but now intended to house the new Humboldt Forum, a museum dedicated to non-Western art. In recent years, both Berlin and neighbouring Potsdam have witnessed several integral reconstructions of historical buildings. This series of architecture demolitions and replicas therefore appears as a calculated and well-orchestrated operation to redefine the presence of the past through built artefacts, deserving to be examined from the broader perspective of iconoclastic precedents in art and architecture
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Demolition · Iconoclasm · Modernism (music · Polychrome · Residence · Sociology · Visual arts · Demography · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European history and politics · German History and Society · History · Architecture
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |