Author: Pótó, János
Title: Emlékmuvek, politika, közgondolkodás : Budapest köztéri emlékmuvei, 1945-1949 : így épült a Sztálin-szobor, 1949-1953
Description: Budapest, MTA Tortenettudomanyi, 1989. orig. wrappers. 163 pp,, 24x16cm, Series: Tarsadalom- es Muvelodestorteneti Tanulmanyok, 7.. 62pp photoplates. ISBN: 9638311665. Minor rubbing, VG. ¶ Text in Hungarian. "Monuments, Politics, Public Opinion". Scholarly study of Budapest public square Communist monuments ca. 1945-49 & a history of the Stalin monument construction, ca. 1949-53. Contains 103 photos on 62 pages of plates illustrating the demolition of the pre-Communist era public statuary of Budapest & their Communist replacements.Includes 36 photos of models for the proposed Stalin monument by various Hungarian sculptors + perspectives & details of the completed succesful entry.

Keywords: 9638311665 Hungary, Budapest, Political Statues, Urban Statuary, Stalin Monument, Communism, Hungary, Art History, Sculpture, Communist Monuments