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Reims on Fire - War and Reconciliation between France and Germany (Hardcover)
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Reims on Fire - War and Reconciliation between France and Germany (Hardcover)
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As the site of royal coronations, Reims cathedral was a monument to
French national history and identity. But after German troops
bombed the cathedral during World War I, it took on new meaning.
The French reimagined it as a martyr of civilisation, as the
rupture between the warring states. The resulting battle of words
and images stressed the differences between German "Kultur" and
French "civilisation". Artists and intelligentsia caricatured this
entrenched cultural dichotomy, influencing portrayals of the two
nations in the international press. Ultimately, despite a history
of mutual respect, the bombing of the cathedral caused all social,
scientific, artistic, and cultural ties between Germany and France
to be severed for decades. This book explores the structure's
breadth of meaning in symbolic, art historical, and historical
arenas, including competing claims over the origins of Gothic art
and architecture as national style and issues of monument
preservation and restoration. It highlights how vulnerable art is
during war and how the destruction of national monuments can set
the tone for international conflict. Gaehtgens articulates how
these nations began to mend their relationship in the decades after
World War II, starting with the courageous vision of Charles de
Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer, and how the cathedral of Reims was
eventually transformed into a site of reconciliation and European
unification.
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