Post by Séamus on Mar 8, 2024 13:07:06 GMT
"Statues are a revolutionary break with old Turkey. Graven images are not permitted by the Moslem religion, and the first statue ever erected in Turkey is only a few years old. It must have caused a tremendous sensation. It stands in Istanbul and symbolises the birth of the Republic. As if to challenge Moslem opinion, or to make up for lost time, the sculptor has created a crowd of bronze men, so that rarely have so many figures stood on one plinth. The group is almost a 'Who's Who' of the Republic. Since that creative moment statues of Ataturk have gone up all over the land, so that they no longer horrify even the most conservative.
I was surprised to see a plaster cast of the Venus de Milo standing at the door of the little museum at Adana, in strange contrast to the Hittite monuments that surround her. I was told that she is a regulation "issue" to all museums, and must be placed on view to educate the people" In the Footsteps of St Paul 1949 edition of a 1936 work, HV Morton
There's been,in Australia,much vandalism towards bronzes of Captain James Cook lately, while in England much argument is taking place over a Jane Austen statue for Winchester Cathedral (I understand that this, unusually, is a case of conservative fans,including an outspoken woman,feeling that Austen herself would refrain from putting ladies in marble for the sake of bolstering female representation)....and there's little need to recount the moving and blowing up of monuments that's taken place in Ireland.
I couldn't help thinking of the pendulum between East and West when reading the above passage from Morton's pre-War trip through Turkey.
Thus far, from what I've read, he, despite exploring Damascus doesn't mention the anomality of John Damascene being protected from fellow Christian iconoclasts by early Muslims. As we see (in particular) western tradition tearing down itself we might to note actions of the past.
I was surprised to see a plaster cast of the Venus de Milo standing at the door of the little museum at Adana, in strange contrast to the Hittite monuments that surround her. I was told that she is a regulation "issue" to all museums, and must be placed on view to educate the people" In the Footsteps of St Paul 1949 edition of a 1936 work, HV Morton
There's been,in Australia,much vandalism towards bronzes of Captain James Cook lately, while in England much argument is taking place over a Jane Austen statue for Winchester Cathedral (I understand that this, unusually, is a case of conservative fans,including an outspoken woman,feeling that Austen herself would refrain from putting ladies in marble for the sake of bolstering female representation)....and there's little need to recount the moving and blowing up of monuments that's taken place in Ireland.
I couldn't help thinking of the pendulum between East and West when reading the above passage from Morton's pre-War trip through Turkey.
Thus far, from what I've read, he, despite exploring Damascus doesn't mention the anomality of John Damascene being protected from fellow Christian iconoclasts by early Muslims. As we see (in particular) western tradition tearing down itself we might to note actions of the past.