Destruction of cultural heritage in 19th-century France : old stones versus modern identities /

Destruction of Cultural Heritage in 19th Century France charts the destruction of earlier architecture as towns pull down their walls, build modern houses, welcome railways and, except for a few scholars, forget about the past. Heritage was largely scorned, and identity found in modernity, not in th...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Greenhalgh, Michael
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
Collection:Heritage and identity (Series) ; v. 4.
Sujets:
1800-1899
Cultural property > Protection > France > History > 19th century.
Cultural property > Destruction and pillage > France > History > 19th century.
Historic buildings > Conservation and restoration > France > History > 19th century.
Architecture > Conservation and restoration > France > History > 19th century.
Monuments > Conservation and restoration > France > History > 19th century.
Landscape protection > France > History > 19th century.
Social change > France > History > 19th century.
Patrimoine culturel > Destruction et pillage > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Monuments historiques > Conservation et restauration > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Architecture > Conservation et restauration > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Monuments > Conservation et restauration > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Paysages > Protection > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Antiquities
Architecture > Conservation and restoration
Classical antiquities
Cultural policy
Cultural property > Destruction and pillage
Cultural property > Protection
Historic buildings > Conservation and restoration
Landscape protection
Monuments > Conservation and restoration
Social change
France > Antiquities.
France > Antiquities, Roman.
France > Cultural policy > History > 19th century.
France > Antiquités.
France > Politique culturelle > Histoire > 19e siècle.
France
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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