"Remove Not the Ancient Landmark": Public Monuments and Moral Values
ISBN: 9781003144458
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited
Subjects: Humanities; History; Cultural Studies; British History; European History; American History; Social & Cultural History;

First published in 1996, "Remove Not the Ancient Landmark" explores the ways that public monuments symbolize and convey moral values. It analyzes the roles that monuments have always played and the influence they continue to exert on societies around the world. The book also explores the origins and nature of humanity in light of the monuments.

Donald Martin Reynolds is an art historian, consultant, and the author of numerous books, articles, and reviews on American art and architecture. He taught at Columbia University in New York City from 1970 to 2003. He was consultant to the Kemper Foundation. Dr. Reynolds is the recipient of ArtWatch International's Frank Mason Prize, 2012, and in 2016, he was awarded the Paderewski Medal for his book on Andrew Pitynski. In 2018, he was elected a Member Emeritus of The National Sculpture Society and in 2020 he was awarded the Society's 2020 Sculpture House Award.


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