Letter on statuary and power. Statues as political statements
Abstract
Statuary, statue and statute all derive from the Latin verb statuere, meaning “to cause, to stand, to set up”, whose root comes from the nom status, meaning “standing, position”. However, if we decide to look for even older origins, we will find out that all these words derive from the Proto-Indo-European root stā-, meaning “to stand, set down, make or be firm".
Published
2020-12-30
How to Cite
Abreu, J. (2020). Letter on statuary and power. Statues as political statements. CAP - Public Art Journal, 2(2), 6 - 33. https://doi.org/10.48619/cap.v2i2.289
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Articles