tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583964906309382179.post9008194375021055220..comments2023-08-21T15:36:43.005+02:00Comments on Rosemary Bailey Brown's Married to a Serb Blog: Fabulous Partisan Statues Littering the Kvarner CoastRosemary Bailey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530156794927503553noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583964906309382179.post-4524734318730789122010-10-17T21:15:41.160+02:002010-10-17T21:15:41.160+02:00Thanks Rosemary!
As a bonus, here's a link to...Thanks Rosemary!<br /> As a bonus, here's a link to "man about to throw a hand grenade" from on the way to the VODA VODA hq.<br />https://www.me.com/ro/gbrucechapman/Galleries/100007/DSCF3212/web.jpg?ver=12865628650001<br />Oh, and the big hands thing - my mother in law has an athletic build and hands like baseball gloves.Gordonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583964906309382179.post-73174200816968197732010-10-15T15:41:20.205+02:002010-10-15T15:41:20.205+02:00OMG - Great photos Gordo! Absolutely the same her...OMG - Great photos Gordo! Absolutely the same herioc style - marriage is a battlefield. Interesting the man's chest is exposed in both while the woman is completely covered up.Rosemary Bailey Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530156794927503553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583964906309382179.post-10069152381512935632010-10-06T21:20:15.587+02:002010-10-06T21:20:15.587+02:00This post reminds me of statues, completed in the ...This post reminds me of statues, completed in the same style, for the entrance to the Belgrade marriage registration building (Hall of Marriage?)<br /><br />Flanking the stairs are husband/wife combos. One pair are armed and off to fight for the Motherland, the other toiling in heavy labour. Hmmm, just like a real marriage, fighting and hard work. ;-)<br /><br />Here links to the pix on my photo album...<br />http://homepage.mac.com/gbrucechapman/.Pictures/GBC%20Design%20Portfolio/photography/2006_08100022.jpg<br />http://homepage.mac.com/gbrucechapman/.Pictures/GBC%20Design%20Portfolio/photography/2006_08100023.jpgGordonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583964906309382179.post-25491123228087411672010-09-26T16:11:24.690+02:002010-09-26T16:11:24.690+02:00An interesting post. It is good to read that many ...An interesting post. It is good to read that many partisan statues have survived in the Kvarner region. Whatever we may think of their artistic value, they do represent a moment in Yugoslav history. The nationalist efforts to remove them or damage them across the former Yugoslavia are Orwellian in their nature as they try to control the past to suit their ideology. The partisan monuments were built in the 'style' of social realism, a Stallinist movement. It is worth however keeping in mind that even Western democracies were not totally immune to this 'style' - take for example the memorial to Korean war in Washington DC. More importantly, Tito's regime moved on from social realism very quickly. By the mid 1950's, the communist regime permitted and even in encouraged abstract representation in memorial architecture. This is why the artists such as Bogdan Bogdanovic were able to build innovative memorials across the former Yugoslavia, that were rich in symbolism as opposed to literal representation. Many of Bogdanovic's monuments became internationally acclaimed, most notably the monument in Jasenovac.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583964906309382179.post-74877445858792019102010-09-25T16:18:50.799+02:002010-09-25T16:18:50.799+02:00There are plenty of partisan statues in Dalmatia, ...There are plenty of partisan statues in Dalmatia, especially out on the islands - though they tend not to be fully 3-dimensional, that is to say they are vertical plinths with bas-relief imagery and engravings of the names of partisans from the village who gave their lives for the cause. The islands in particular had much to be thankful for, as they tended to more easily fall prey to Fascists arriving by boat or submarine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583964906309382179.post-78799825398162071592010-09-25T12:30:05.682+02:002010-09-25T12:30:05.682+02:00"they all have absolutely perfect haircuts an..."they all have absolutely perfect haircuts and clean shaves" - it was a Party's directive. Stay clean, no mater what. Because, Chetniks didn't care that much about their beards. And Chetniks presented 'old' regime/style/system. So, since Commies wanted to be different, like in their policy, philosophy, they tried being different in hairstyles too. Scissors were a must, for every guerrilla unit :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com