Destruction of Cultural Heritage in 19th-Century France

Old Stones Versus Modern Identities
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-28920-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 462 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 800 g

Reihe: Heritage and Identity

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Greenhalgh, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Museumskunde, Materielle Kultur, Erinnerungskultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gebäudetypen Denkmäler, Mahnmale
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Preface
Map of France

Introduction: Heritage and Identity in 19th Century France

1 The Early Architecture of France
Spolia and the Persistence of Re-use
Prehistoric Antiquities
Roman Sites in France
Rome in Imperial Decline
After Antiquity
Conclusion: Preventable Destruction

2 The Defence of France
The Enceintes of Late Antiquity
Old Fortifications Cannot Satisfy New Requirements
New Requirements: Barracks
Le genie de la destruction: The French Military and the Defence of France
Servitude et grandeur militaires – and boulevards
The Genie in North Africa
Conclusion: The Fate of Town Walls and Monuments

3 Technology and Change: Improved Communications
Railways
Map-making Military and Civil
Roads, Canals and Bridges
Photography
Tourism
Conclusion

4 Vandalism, Ignorance, Scholarship, Museums
Heritage and Destruction
Vandalism
Preservation, Conservation, Restoration: The Dilemma
Destruction, Resurrection and Vandalism
Ignorance: Workmen, Administrators, Proprietors
Administration and Destruction
The Persistence of Vandalism
Money, Speculators, Scholars
Conclusion

5 The Organisation of Scholarship and Museums
Archaeology and Archaeologists
Cataloguing the Past: Censuses of Antiquities
Conclusion

6 Modernity and its Architectural Consequences
Modernity
Communications and Industry
Modernisation and Destruction
Bordeaux and Paris: Leaders of the Pack
Conclusion

7 The Île de France and Champagne
Beauvais, Evreux, Reims, Laon, Sens, Soissons
Conclusion

8 Normandy, the North, Burgundy and Points East
Normandy and The Loire
The North
The East
Burgundy (plus Points East and the Upper Rhone Valley)
Conclusion

9 Centre and West
Bourges, Auxerre, Orleans, Limoges, Clermont Ferrand, Perigueux, Poitiers, Saintes, Toulouse
Conclusion

10 Centuries of Destruction: Narbonne and Nîmes
Narbonne
Nimes
Conclusion

11 Provence and the South: Monumental Losses
Arles
Aix-en-Provence, Avignon, Dax, St-Lizier, Beziers, Perpignan, Frejus – Cannes – Antibes – Villefranche, Orange, Vaison-la-Romaine
Conclusion

Conclusion: Heritage? What Heritage? The Transformation of Townscape and Landscape

Appendix
Bibliography: Sources
Bibliography: Modern Scholars
Index
Illustrations

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Greenhalgh, PhD (1968), Emeritus Professor of Art History at the Australian National University, has published widely on the survival of the Roman world, most recently The Military and Colonial Destruction of the Roman landscape of North Africa (Leiden 2014).