The Destroyed City

public artwork by Ossip Zadkine in Rotterdam, the Netherlands (1953)
VisualArtwork sculpture Q1219934
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The Destroyed City

Summary

The Destroyed City is a sculpture[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of sculpture entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Destroyed City is the creator of Ossip Zadkine[3].
  • The Destroyed City is located in Rotterdam[4].
  • The Destroyed City is in the country of Netherlands[5].
  • The Destroyed City's image is recorded as Zadkine rb I.jpg[6].
  • The Destroyed City's instance of is recorded as sculpture[7].
  • The Destroyed City's instance of is recorded as war memorial[8].
  • The Destroyed City's commissioned by is recorded as De Bijenkorf[9].
  • The Destroyed City's owned by is recorded as Rotterdam[10].
  • The Destroyed City's movement is recorded as abstract expressionism[11].
  • The Destroyed City's genre is recorded as public art[12].
  • The Destroyed City's architectural style is recorded as reconstruction-period architecture[13].
  • The Destroyed City's depicts is recorded as human[14].
  • The Destroyed City's made from material is recorded as bronze[15].
  • The Destroyed City's made from material is recorded as Yellow copper[16].
  • The Destroyed City's collection is recorded as International Sculpture Collection[17].
  • The Destroyed City's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 240544360[18].
  • The Destroyed City's GND ID is recorded as 4631660-7[19].
  • The Destroyed City's location is recorded as Plein 1940[20].
  • The Destroyed City's Rijksmonument ID is recorded as 530902[21].
  • The Destroyed City's part of is recorded as Top 100 of Dutch monuments 1940-1958[22].
  • The Destroyed City's part of is recorded as Sleutelwerken[23].
  • The Destroyed City's Commons category is recorded as De verwoeste stad/Rotterdam[24].
  • The Destroyed City's commemorates is recorded as Rotterdam Blitz[25].
  • The Destroyed City's commemorates is recorded as allied bombing of Rotterdam[26].
  • The Destroyed City's commemorates is recorded as civilian casualty[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

The Destroyed City is the creator of Ossip Zadkine[3].

Why It Matters

The Destroyed City ranks in the top 10% of sculpture entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . Dutch War Memorial Database. Retrieved . bkor.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . Dutch War Memorial Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . Dutch War Memorial Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . bkor.nl. Retrieved . bkor.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . bkor.nl. Retrieved . bkor.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . Dutch War Memorial Database. Retrieved . sleutelwerken.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . Make Lists, Not War. Retrieved . beckchris.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . bkor.nl. Retrieved . bkor.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . Make Lists, Not War. Retrieved . sleutelwerken.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . bkor.nl. Retrieved . bkor.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . sleutelwerken.nl. Retrieved . sleutelwerken.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Dutch War Memorial Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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