Format:
1 online resource (405 pages)
ISBN:
9780804777827
Content:
National Treasures explores the fate of French art and heritage during the Nazi occupation of France, revealing the roots of contemporary cultural policy in the Vichy era and exposing a hidden convergence of resistance and collaboration in French museology.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I Visions of National Renewal -- Cultural Affairs under Vichy -- Defending French Style and Beauty -- Part II A sserting French Sovereignty -- Exodus -- Museums Fit for France -- Saving Historic Sites -- Archeology and the National Revolution -- Part III A ccommodation, Opportunity,and Compromise -- Recycling French Heroes -- Endangered Local Patrimony -- Jewish Art Collections -- Art as a Negotiating Tool -- Part IV Le patrimoine and Postwar France -- The Vichy Legacy -- Conclusion -- Reference Matter -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780804770187
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780804770187
Language:
English
