2024-11-23T23:42:02-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150016839/the-parthenon-of-books-is-constructed-with-100-000-banned-books-at-historic-nazi-book-burning-site Anastasia Tokmakova 2017-07-10T19:50:00-04:00 >2017-07-11T14:02:44-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/qv/qv63b0vs9pxy838f.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The Parthenon of Books in Kassel, Germany is part of the Documenta 14 art festival. With the help of students from Kassel University, Minuj&iacute;n identified over 170 titles that were or are banned in different countries around the world, and constructed the full-size replica of the iconic temple from those books, plastic sheeting, and steel.</p></em><br /><br /><figure><p><a href="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1028x/99/99shdvzxb85l329y.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1028x/99/99shdvzxb85l329y.jpg"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: alexgorlin</figcaption></figure><p>Created by Argentinian artist Marta Minuj&iacute;n, 74,&nbsp;the&nbsp;monumental replica of Greek Parthenon consists of 100,000 banned books and symbolizes the resistance to political repression.&nbsp;<br></p> <figure><p><a href="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1028x/6c/6c302atn7jkhami8.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1028x/6c/6c302atn7jkhami8.jpg"></a></p><figcaption>The Parthenon of Books taking shape in Kassel. Photo by Rosa Ruehling</figcaption></figure>