Destruction of cultural heritage in 19th-century France : old stones versus modern identities / by Michael Greenhalgh.
2015
DC20.3 .G73 2015
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Title
Destruction of cultural heritage in 19th-century France : old stones versus modern identities / by Michael Greenhalgh.
Author
Greenhalgh, Michael, author.
ISBN
9789004289208 (hardback : acid-free paper)
9789004293717 (e-book)
9789004293717 (e-book)
Published
Leiden : Brill, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (476 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Call Number
DC20.3 .G73 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.6/9094409034
Summary
"Destruction of Cultural Heritage in 19th Century France examines the fate of the building stock and prominent ruins of France (especially Roman survivals) in the 19th century, supported by contemporary documentation and archives, largely provided through the publications of scholarly societies. The book describes the enormous extent of the destruction of monuments, providing an antidote to the triumphalism and concomitant amnesia which in modern scholarship routinely present the 19th century as one of concern for the past. It charts the modernising impulse over several centuries, detailing the archaeological discoveries made (and usually destroyed) as walls were pulled down and town interiors re-planned, plus the brutal impact on landscape and antiquities as railways were laid out. Heritage was largely scorned, and identity found in modernity, not the past"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series
Heritage and identity (Series) ; volume 4.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Heritage and identity in 19th century France
The early architecture of France
The defence of France
Technology and change : improved communications
Vandalism, ignorance, scholarship, museums
The organisation of scholarship and museums
Modernity and its architectural consequences
The Ile de France and Champagne
Normandy, the North, Burgundy and points East
Centre and West
Centuries of destruction : Narbonne and Nimes
Provence and the South : monumental losses
Conclusion: Heritage? What heritage? : the transformation of townscape and landscape
Appendix
Bibliography: Sources
Bibliography: Modern scholars.
The early architecture of France
The defence of France
Technology and change : improved communications
Vandalism, ignorance, scholarship, museums
The organisation of scholarship and museums
Modernity and its architectural consequences
The Ile de France and Champagne
Normandy, the North, Burgundy and points East
Centre and West
Centuries of destruction : Narbonne and Nimes
Provence and the South : monumental losses
Conclusion: Heritage? What heritage? : the transformation of townscape and landscape
Appendix
Bibliography: Sources
Bibliography: Modern scholars.