Defending national treasures : French art and heritage under Vichy /

This work explores the fate of art and cultural heritage during the Nazi occupation of France. It examines the preservation policy that the Vichy regime enacted in an assertion of sovereignty over French art museums, historic monuments, and archaeological sites.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Karlsgodt, Elizabeth Campbell
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Art treasures in war > France > History > 20th century.
Art museums > France > History > 20th century.
Art and state > France > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Destruction and pillage > France.
World War, 1939-1945 > Confiscations and contributions > France.
Cultural property > Protection > France > History > 20th century.
Trésors artistiques durant la guerre > France > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Art > Politique gouvernementale > France > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Destruction et pillage > France.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Confiscations et contributions > France.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Art and state.
Art museums.
Art treasures in war.
Confiscations.
Cultural property > Protection.
Destruction and pillage.
France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945.
France.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cultural affairs under Vichy
  • Defending French style and beauty
  • Exodus
  • Museums fit for France
  • Saving historic sites
  • Archeology and the national revolution
  • Recycling French heroes : the destruction of bronze statues
  • Endangered local patrimony : bronze statues in Paris, Chambéry, and Nantes
  • Jewish art collections
  • Art as a negotiating tool
  • The Vichy legacy.

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