Memory and modernity
by Kevin D. Murphy, Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
2000Basilique de la Madeleine (Vézelay, France)Buildings, structuresCatholic church buildingsConservation and restorationCriticism and interpretation
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"Memory and Modernity focuses on the first project of the renowned nineteenth-century French architect and theorist Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, the restoration of the Romanesque church of the Madeleine at Vezelay in Burgundy. This is the first book-length study to approach the work of Viollet-le-Duc from the perspective of institutional and social history.". "Examining in detail the architect's transformation of the church of the Madeleine, the book also draws out the implications of the project for understanding Viollet-le-Duc's theoretical development. Murphy shows how Viollet-le-Duc's rationalist interpretation of medieval architecture informed the decisions that were made about the restoration, but also how that way of thinking was influenced by the architect's experience at Vezelay."--BOOK JACKET.
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Basilique de la Madeleine (Vézelay, France)Buildings, structuresCatholic church buildingsConservation and restorationCriticism and interpretationEuropean history: c 1750 to c 1900
First published 2000Characters & people
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FranceVézelayVézelay (France)
About the author
Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
1814 – 1879
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