An appraisal of selected examples of Gerhard [Gerard] Moerdijk's work (1890-1958)

dc.contributor.authorJooste, Johan K.
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-13T09:06:38Z
dc.date.available2010-07-13T09:06:38Z
dc.date.issued2000
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dc.description.abstractGerhard [Gerard] Moerdijk (1890-1958) was one of the first practising Afrikaans-speaking architects. He was active from 1917 until the early fifties during which time he and his partners realized a large body of work - around eighty churches alone. He was also the author of Afrikaner Nationalism's most revered icon, the Voortrekker Monument. By his own account Moerdijk claimed to have created "volkseie argitektuur". He believed that a style of architecture reflects the symbolic aspirations of a nation. Did Moerdijk contribute to the architectural and cultural continuum? Did he in actual fact, develop a "volkseie agitektuur"? How should one appraise Moerdijkian artifacts in a revisionist climate? And what are the particular and specific features of each of Moerdijk's stylistic phases?en_US
dc.description.abstractGerhard [Gerard] Moerdijk (1890-1958) was een van die eerste praktiserende Afrikaanssprekende argitekte. Sy loopbaan strek vanaf 1917 tot die vroee vyftigerjare - 'n tydperk waarin hy en sy vennote 'n groot hoeveelheid werk, waaronder ongeveer tagtig kerke, gedoen het. Hy was ook die skepper van een van Afrikaner Nasionalisme se grootste ikone, die Voortrekkermonument. Na sy eie mening het Moerdijk 'n "volkseie argitektuur" ontwikkel. Hy het geglo dat argitektoniese styl die simboliese aspirasies van 'n volk weerspieel. Bogenoemde laat 'n mens met vele vrae. Het Moerdijk werklik bygedra tot die argitektoniese en kulturele erfenis? Het hy inderdaad 'n volkseie argitektuur ontwikkel? Hoe word sy werk in die konteks van die nuwe Suid Afrika geevalueer? En wat is die spesifieke eienskappe van elk van Moerdijk se stylfases?af
dc.description.urihttp://explore.up.ac.za/record=b1719138
dc.format.extentJournal articleen_US
dc.identifier.citationJooste, JK 2000, 'An appraisal of selected examples of Gerhard Moerdijk's work (1890-1958).' South African Journal of Art History, vol. 15, pp. 68-84.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0258-3542
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/14438
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherArt Historical Work Group of South Africaen_US
dc.rightsArt Historical Work Group of South Africaen_US
dc.subjectMoerdijk, Gerard Leendert, 1890-1958en_US
dc.subjectVoortrekker Monumenten_US
dc.subjectVolkseie argitektuuren_US
dc.subjectAfrikaner architectureen_US
dc.subject.lcshArchitecture -- South Africa -- History -- 20th centuryen
dc.subject.lcshHistoric buildings -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshArchitecture and history -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshArchitecture -- Social aspects -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshArchitecture -- South Africa -- Psychological aspectsen
dc.subject.lcshMoerdijk, Gerard, 1890-1958en
dc.subject.lcshVoortrekker Monument (Pretoria, South Africa)en
dc.titleAn appraisal of selected examples of Gerhard [Gerard] Moerdijk's work (1890-1958)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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