Mother with her Dead Son
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Mother with her Dead Son is a poignant sculpture by Käthe Kollwitz that serves as the central war memorial in Berlin’s Neue Wache, commemorating victims of war and tyranny.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mother with her Dead Son canonical | 2 |
| The Grieving Parents | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | sculpture ⓘ |
| artisticMedium | sculpture in the round ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
commemoration ceremonies on 27 January (Holocaust Remembrance Day in Germany)
ⓘ
commemoration ceremonies on Volkstrauertag ⓘ |
| basedOn | personal grief of Käthe Kollwitz ⓘ |
| commemorates |
victims of tyranny
ⓘ
victims of war ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Käthe Kollwitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfInstallation | 1993 ⓘ |
| depicts |
dead son
ⓘ
mourning mother ⓘ |
| exposedTo | open oculus of Neue Wache ⓘ |
| function | central war memorial of Germany ⓘ |
| genre | memorial art ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfTitle | German ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
austere
ⓘ
reduced form ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
anti-war sentiment
ⓘ
loss ⓘ mourning ⓘ remembrance ⓘ |
| inBuilding | Neue Wache central hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Berlin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Neue Wache NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | bronze ⓘ |
| movement | Expressionism ⓘ |
| orientation | center of the hall ⓘ |
| partOf | memorial site Neue Wache ⓘ |
| placedOn | stone pedestal ⓘ |
| replaces | eternal flame memorial previously in Neue Wache ⓘ |
| subjectGender |
female (mother)
ⓘ
male (son) ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
art historical studies
ⓘ
memorial culture debates in Germany ⓘ photographs ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
cost of war
ⓘ
suffering of civilians in war ⓘ universal grief of mothers ⓘ |
| titleInGerman |
Mutter mit ihrem toten Sohn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mutter mit totem Sohn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | national memorial to the victims of war and dictatorship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Grieving Parents