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The Naked Soldier: An interpretation of Rayner Hoff's sculptures in Sydney's Anzac Memorial

The Naked Soldier: An interpretation of Rayner Hoff's sculptures in Sydney's Anzac Memorial

Stace, John

Hardcover

Art HistoryArmed ForcesArchitecture History

ISBN10: 176353619X
ISBN13: 9781763536197
Publisher: John Stace
Published: Dec 1 2024
Pages: 194
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Twenty-one thousand New South Wales men and women dead. Thousands more maimed or permanently incapacitated.

This was the reality that sculptor Rayner Hoff endeavoured to commemorate after he was commissioned in 1930 to create the sculptures for Sydney's Anzac Memorial.

While honouring the dead, his heart is clearly also with those who were left behind - the mothers, wives, lovers, and children, who mourned their fallen loved ones or cared for those who returned injured. These women were the emotional heart of Hoff's enigmatic statue Sacrifice because they had to face their loss every day. Unfortunately, for reasons lost in history, Hoff's messages of empathic condolence remained silent ever since the Memorial opened on 24 November 1934.

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