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The Gargoyles of Notre Dame - Medievalism and the Monsters of Modernity (Hardcover)
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The Gargoyles of Notre Dame - Medievalism and the Monsters of Modernity (Hardcover)
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Most of the seven million people who visit the cathedral of Notre
Dame in Paris each year probably do not realize that the legendary
gargoyles adorning this medieval masterpiece were not constructed
until the nineteenth century. The first comprehensive history of
these world-famous monsters, "The Gargoyles of Notre Dame" argues
that they transformed the iconic thirteenth-century cathedral into
a modern monument. Michael Camille begins his long-awaited study by
recounting architect Eugene Viollet-le-Duc's ambitious restoration
of the structure from 1843 to 1864, when the gargoyles were
designed, sculpted by the little-known Victor Pyanet, and
installed. These gargoyles, Camille contends, were not mere avatars
of the Middle Ages, but rather fresh creations - symbolizing an
imagined past - whose modernity lay precisely in their nostalgia.
He goes on to map the critical reception and many-layered
afterlives of these chimeras, notably in the works of such artists
and writers as Charles Meryon, Victor Hugo, and photographer Henri
Le Secq. Tracing their eventual evolution into icons of high
kitsch, Camille ultimately locates the gargoyles' place in the
twentieth-century imagination, exploring interpretations by
everyone from Winslow Homer to the Walt Disney Company. Lavishly
illustrated with more than three hundred images of its monumental
yet whimsical subjects, "The Gargoyles of Notre Dame" is a
must-read for historians of art and architecture and anyone whose
imagination has been sparked by the lovable monsters gazing out
over Paris from one of the world's most renowned vantage points.
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