From Memory to Marble : The historical frieze of the Voortrekker Monument Part II: The Scenes /

For the first time, the 92-metre frieze of the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, one of the largest historical narratives in marble, has been made the subject of a book. The pictorial narrative of the Boer pioneers who conquered South Africa's interior during the 'Great Trek' (1835-52...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Rankin, Elizabeth (Autor), Schneider, Rolf Michael (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2020]
Temas:
Voortrekker Monument (Pretoria, South Africa)
National monuments > South Africa > Pretoria.
Friezes > South Africa > Pretoria.
Fries.
Südafrika.
Voortrekker.
Sites classés > Afrique du Sud > Pretoria.
ART / History / Ancient & Classical.
Buildings
Friezes
National monuments
Pretoria (South Africa) > Buildings, structures, etc.
South Africa > History > Pictorial works.
Afrique du Sud > Histoire > Ouvrages illustrés.
South Africa
South Africa > Pretoria
Voortrekker Monument
Pretoria
Boer pioneers
Great Trek
History
Pictorial works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Synopsis of Part I: The Frieze
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations of key archives, documents, names
  • Introduction
  • 1 Departure from the Cape (1835-37)
  • 2 Presentation of the Bible to Jacobus Uys (April 1837)
  • 3 Trichardt at Soutpansberg (summer 1836 to autumn 1837)
  • 4 Trichardt in Delagoa Bay (April 1838)
  • 5 The Battle of Vegkop (October 1836)
  • 6 Inauguration of Retief as governor (6 and 11 June 1837)
  • 7 The Battle of Kapain (28-30 November 1837)
  • 8 Negotiation with Moroka (October/November 1836)
  • 9 Report from Retief at Blydevooruitsig (11 November 1837)
  • 10 Debora Retief records her father's birthday (12 November 1837)
  • 11 Descent from the Drakensberg (late 1837)
  • 12 The Treaty with Dingane (4 or 6 February 1838)
  • 13 Murder of Retief and his men (6 February 1838)
  • 14 Massacre of women and children at Bloukrans (16/17 February 1838)
  • 15 Teresa Viglione warns camps around Bloukrans (17 February 1838)
  • 16 Dirkie Uys defends his father (11 April 1838)
  • 17 Marthinus Oosthuizen gallops through Zulu lines (17 February 1838)
  • 18 Women spur men on (after 17 February 1838)
  • 19 Arrival of Andries Pretorius (22 November 1838)
  • 20 The Vow (9 December 1838)
  • 21 The Battle of Blood River (16 December 1838)
  • 22 Building the Church of the Vow (1840-43)
  • 23 Women at Saailaer (1838?)
  • 24 Mpande proclaimed king of the Zulu (10 February 1840)
  • 25 Death of Dingane (February 1840)
  • 26 Return from Natal over the Drakensberg (after 1843)
  • 27 Sand River Convention (17 January 1852)
  • Illustrations Part II
  • Bibliography of works consulted
  • Index of people Part II
  • Index of places Part II

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