The Style of the Dead - Why Classicism so often gets the best Sepulchral Gigs
Date: Wednesday 27th November 2024
Time: 18:30
Location: The Alan Baxter Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6BP
The forms of architectural classicism, and especially neo-classicism seem uniquely favoured in the modern world, to house the Dead in the great burial grounds of the western world. Why should these particular styles suit themselves to accommodate the Departed so well? Alexander Stoddart will try to account for this phenomenon, and in the process will explain why architectural Modernism finds itself hopeless when faced with the Tomb. The talk will draw controversial conclusions regarding the moral profile of the Modernist frame of mind and will prosecute the very kernel of the problem, stretching back to the origin of the Universe itself.
Alexander Stoddart is The King’s Sculptor in Ordinary in Scotland
Note: this event will also be live streamed.
Price: Free
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The Style of the Dead - Why Classicism so often gets the best Sepulchral Gigs - ONLINE
Date: Wednesday 27th November 2024
Time: 18:30
Location: Zoom Webinar
ONLINE ATTENDANCE
The forms of architectural classicism, and especially neo-classicism seem uniquely favoured in the modern world, to house the Dead in the great burial grounds of the western world. Why should these particular styles suit themselves to accommodate the Departed so well? Alexander Stoddart will try to account for this phenomenon, and in the process will explain why architectural Modernism finds itself hopeless when faced with the Tomb. The talk will draw controversial conclusions regarding the moral profile of the Modernist frame of mind and will prosecute the very kernel of the problem, stretching back to the origin of the Universe itself.
Alexander Stoddart is The King’s Sculptor in Ordinary in Scotland
Price: Free
Book your tickets here:
Standard tickets: (£0.00) | |