Revolutionary "vandalism" and the birth of the museum : the effects of a representation of modern cultural terror
- Author
- Poulot, Dominique
- Document type
- Article (livre)
- Language
English
- Book title
- Art in museums
- Author (monograph)
- Pearce, Susan (Editor, Collective Author)
- Source
- Art in museums. 1995, 192-214
- Publisher
- Athlone, London (gbr)
- Publication country
- United Kingdom
- Abstract (en)
- Looks at the origins of the term vandalism within French Revolutionary discourse and considers interpretations of the phenomena of vandalism during this period. In supporting the view that Revolutionary vandalism was in fact an effect of discourse, capable of giving meaning to a political period seeking to define itself, revises the binary interpretation of conservation versus destruction, that it created and perpetuated. The iconoclastic crisis revealed a complex conflict of antagonistic classifications, a phenomenon which determined acts of conservation as well as of destruction, during a "liminal" period when the traditional significance of things was regarded as "suspended". Argues that the enlightened and democratic concept of a collective patrimony, naturally embodied in an ad hoc legislation, defined an area in which "cultural" and "national" were closely linked. The establishment of a state monopoly as regards the respect due to culture has become an integral part of the civic conscience.
- Subject (en)
- Subject (fr)
- Origin
DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)
Identifier19971001-00267876
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