Da-Hong Wang’s Idea of Monumentality: Focusing on 'Ideas for Architecture and Architects'

摘要

Through this essay, Wang tells the focus of expression ofmonumentality should be the purpose of a monument, but nothow the monument appears. He mentions monument shouldsatisfy the needs of spirit and monumentality, which can beconsidered as not being functional. Wang also shows a positionthat the meaning of symbols should be intelligible, withoutextensional meanings. Selene project tells a different way toconsider the value of a monument in the period of 1960s inTaiwan. As above-mentioned, in the middle of Chinese CulturalRenaissance, fine art has the responsibilities to represent andcarry forward Chinese culture, which is an abstract idea. Also,1960s’ Taiwan was also in the middle of highly development,being functional might be the basic concept of industrialization.Hence, like Sun Yet-Sen memorial hall, not only formemorizing a great man, but also being functional. Seleneproject can regard as a work that Wang shows his critiques tothe cultural movement and also to the industrialized society of1960s Taiwan. Wang’s standpoints that monument should bemonument itself and monument should be functionless, may tellhis idea of art, which including architecture. Especially the ideaof “ being functionless” might be the essential idea. This paperstudies the meaning of monument and also lead to the subject ofWang’s idea of art, which will be studied in the future.