Word: monumentalizing
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...granite monument was later erected to his memory in the Phipps cemetery in Charlestown, which is not, however, his burial place, but the bronze plaque on it has been stolen and missing since 1979, according to Mary O Shannon of the Boston environment department...
Ironically, the monument does not stand at the site of his burial (which was somewhere on "Burial Hill"), the site of his house is uncertain, since it was burned during the Battle of Bunker Hill, and only two copies of his signature exist. No portrait of him has ever come to light, and it is unlikely his father being an illiterate butcher, that a family portrait was ever done...
...Sottsass, 66, such contradictions are nothing new. Following his Turin university days, the Austrian-born designer witnessed the transition of Italian architecture from fascist monument to utilitarian modern. He became an acclaimed leader of the spare and sensuous new style in the 1960s, creating innovative and clean-lined office furniture and machinery for Olivetti, a task he still performs. But influenced by the Pop painting of Roy Lichtenstein, rock music and Indian mysticism, he surprised colleagues with Olivetti's plastic Valentine portable typewriter. He later did a table and stools called Mickey Mouse, and designed a disco outside Beirut...
...suggests a similarity between the Ventures' escape from the capital city and excursions in Casa de Campo. It suggests that the Venturas never left the city even in their isolation. The title's anchor in Madrid conveys the paradox of Donoso's pretended vacuum and stands as a monument to the art of saying something without saying...
...women shouting slogans. Columns of army trucks filled with uniformed soldiers can sometimes be seen rumbling through city centers. There is even a military presence at soccer matches, when soldiers encircle the playing field to keep rowdy fans in order. Every town of any importance has a monument to the 20 million Soviets who died in World War II. Often the memorials are guarded by rosy-cheeked youths who carry automatic rifles (unloaded) and wear the red neckerchief of the Pioneers, the Soviet equivalent of scouts. On their wedding day, young brides and grooms go to war memorials...