ヴィシー政権とフランスの公的モニュメントの破壊 Bronzes to Bullets : Vichy and the Destruction of French Public Statuary, 1941-1944

Freeman, Kirrily

Stanford University Press（2008/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 264 p.／サイズ 41 illus.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780804758895
• DDC分類 944.0816

基本説明

Tells the story of French statues and monuments that were melted down and shipped to Nazi munitions factories during the Second World War.

Full Description

Bronzes to Bullets tells the story of French statues and monuments that were melted down and shipped to Nazi munitions factories during the Second World War. Beginning with the economic context that led to the destruction of public art, the book goes on to detail the process by which monuments were removed and destroyed and the metal sent to Germany for Hitler's war machine. The most remarkable part of the story is the reaction of the French public to the loss of its artwork. People protested all over France, and many communities took extraordinary measures to save their statues. This protest, and the way the collaborationist Vichy government handled it, sheds light on the complexities of life in wartime France.

Contents

Part I The Economics of Exploitation 2 "An Important Source of Metal": The Context of Vichy's Metal "Mobilization" 10 3 "The Union of Art and Industry": Vichy's Bronze Mobilization Campaign 47 Part II The Politics of Patrimony "4 "The Expression of Us All, Young and Old": Public Perceptions of the Bronze Mobilization Campaign 90 "5 "Pedestals Dedicated to Absence": The Symbolic Impact of the Bronze Mobilization Campaign 138 6 Conclusion: "The 'Saint-Bartholomew' of Statues"? The Bronze Mobilization Campaign in French Memory and Historiography 171 Notes 191 Bibliography 233