Handicapping the World War I Memorial Entries

We pick our favorites out of 350-plus entries in the design competition for a long-overdue monument to the Great War, in Washington, D.C.

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Gassed, a monumental 1919 painting by Anglo-American artist John Singer Sargent, depicts the aftermath of a chemical-weapons attack during the First World War.
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Gassed, a monumental 1919 painting by Anglo-American artist John Singer Sargent, depicts the aftermath of a chemical-weapons attack during the First World War.


The Sacred Grove

As Sir James George Frazer wrote in his landmark of religious anthropology, The Golden Bough, stands of trees have served as places of worship and commemoration for faiths across the globe.

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The Monolith

From the pylons of Karnak to the mysterious black volume in 2001: A Space Odyssey, monoliths, pyramids, obelisks, spheres, and other basic shapes give form to the ineffable.

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The Classical Tradition

And not surprisingly, numerous entries made reference to the classical tradition of architecture in Washington, D.C.

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