Research Catalog

Title

Destruction of Cultural Heritage in 19th-century France : Old Stones Versus Modern Identities / by Michael Greenhalgh.

Author

Greenhalgh, Michael

Publication

Leiden : Brill, [2015]

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Details

Description

xii, 427 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

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.

Series Statement

Heritage and Identity ; volume 4

Uniform Title

Heritage and identity (Series) ; v. 4.

Subject

• 1800-talet
• Cultural property > Protection > History > France > 19th century
• Cultural property > Destruction and pillage > History > France > 19th century
• Historic buildings > Conservation and restoration > History > France > 19th century
• Architecture > Conservation and restoration > History > France > 19th century
• Monuments > Conservation and restoration > History > France > 19th century
• Landscape protection > France > History > 19th century
• Social change > France > History > 19th century
• Kulturerbe
• Zerstörung
• Kulturarv
• Kulturarvsskydd
• Byggnadsvård
• Byggnadsminnen
• Vandalism
• Plundring
• Kulturpolitik
• France > Antiquities
• France > Antiquities, Roman
• France > Cultural policy > History > 19th century
• Frankreich
• France

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-417) and index.

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.

Call Number

JFE 16-4025

ISBN

• 9789004289208 (hardback : acid-free paper)
• 9004289208 (hardback : acid-free paper)
• 9789004293717 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2015025381

OCLC

910504915

Author

Greenhalgh, Michael, author.

Title

Destruction of Cultural Heritage in 19th-century France : Old Stones Versus Modern Identities / by Michael Greenhalgh.

Publisher

Leiden : Brill, [2015]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Heritage and Identity ; volume 4

Heritage and identity (Series) ; v. 4.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-417) and index.

Chronological Term

1800-talet

Research Call Number

JFE 16-4025