Monumentalism

He is concerned that large-scale, sentimental thinking - "monumentalism," he calls it-has paralyzed the rebuilding process. ❋ Unknown (2010)

RIEHEN, Switzerland—The poetic minimalism of Constantin Brancusi's small polished heads and the epic monumentalism of Richard Serra's rough gigantic steel structures seem worlds apart. ❋ Goran Mijuk (2011)

The installation also included a full-sized lead bunker containing among other things one of Kiefer's early Nazi salute performance/ photo-documentation works cited by some as examplary of the anti-monumentalism considered most suitably expressive of his post-war generation's critique of Germany's past, now set into a great big clunky monumental "anti-monument." ❋ Mira Schor (2010)

The most interesting thing of them, I think - and this goes with the observations on the monumentalism of the public architecture - is this underlying current of trying to fashion some sort of History for the country, making sure everything is recorded and possibly glorified and triumphantly displayed. ❋ Ra (2009)

The combination of striking parade monumentalism, patriotic art decoration and traditional motifs has become one of the most vivid examples of the Soviet contribution to architecture. ❋ Unknown (2007)

David Clay Large, a historian at Montana State University whose book "Nazi Games" came out last year, defines it as "heroic monumentalism." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Deformation often speaks against monumentalism and certainty in poetry; it makes one see that the overwhelming drive for the oracular truth ❋ Unknown (2003)

In Mesopotamia one can't speak of monumentalism until the end of the third millennium, with the royal tombs of Ur. In Western Europe, wood (or stone) and earth monuments gave way to a preference among Neolithic builders for stone. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Although carbon-dating in this era still has a margin of error of at least a century, making it difficult to indicate precisely which monuments came first, it is clear that the invention of monumentalism in France dates to the second half of the fifth millennium B.C. ❋ Unknown (1999)

In the Near East, monumentalism was not introduced until much later. ❋ Unknown (1999)

In the same period, in different places, a desire for monumentalism seems to emerge. ❋ Unknown (1999)

All societies do not respond in the same way to social change, and monumentalism is but one reaction. ❋ Unknown (1999)

The redesign of Lincoln Center isn't just about remaking 1960s monumentalism for a new era; it offers a compelling alternative to cities that place fear above dynamism. ❋ Philip Kennicott (2011)

A grandiose bit of monumentalism by legacy-conscious politicians in search of a big project instead of a "big society" because they're not sure what to do next? ❋ Michael White (2012)

Ostoya's sad plastic bag on top of a shiny tower is a perfect hybrid of the two primary (and conflicting) tropes embedded in Rearview Mirror - displays of private-made-public intimacy (an expository practice impossible under the Soviets) conflated with (and against) the romance and power of monumentalism (which nobody understood better than Stalinists). ❋ R.M. VAUGHAN (2011)

The photographs taken across the former Soviet Union capture all the kitschy minutiae and over-the-top monumentalism of state-controlled design, manifest in everything from a House of Happiness or Palace of Weddings in Kyrgyzstan to circus buildings in Moldova and Tatarstan. ❋ Staff (2011)

1. Wow, the music in Monument all sounds the same. Let's go camping on [Mt]. [Herman]. 2. Typical Monument kid: "omg I hate Monument ther iz nuthing to do [lulz]!!1" ❋ MikeB666 (2007)

Guy 1: [What's wrong] with Larry? He's been acting [like such] [a jerk]! Guy 2: I know, man. He's gone monumental. ❋ AlabamaBaby (2016)

AU student: yo, we're going [monumenting] after going to [the Hawk] and Dove. Georgetown student: Ok, I'll make a stop at the liquor store. One or two handles of [Svedka]? GW student: Obviously two. Dude we're pregaming the Hawk AND monumenting. ❋ Austudent915 (2010)

This shit is monumental! ([emphasis] on 3rd and [4th] [syllables]) ❋ Jackie-F (2005)

Monument is [full of] [rich people]. ❋ A Kid From Monument (2016)

[The team] [completed] the monumentous task in [record] time. ❋ Superbug (2010)

Ugh, there is nothing to do in [monument]. “Hey let’s [go to Walmart] and [smoke a bowl]”. ❋ Ariana Grandesco (2018)

[Que pasa]? I [grew] up on Monument. ❋ 123banana (2011)

[President Obama's] [inauguration] is a monumentous day in [American history]. ❋ Katie Buck (2009)

Monument, of [Nancy] there was down, just at the edge of the bed, [stunned], when he saw that [guest] friends of her, were fast and seriously, inside, in love. ❋ Man!? (2017)