ARCH 4200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Fatalism, Camillo Sitte, Centre Block

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Architecture Theory/History
• Course: ARCH 4200
• Professor: Lyette Fortin

Document Summary

Impact of french revoluion: objecive: to understand why and how the french revoluion became a key event in the development of conservaion policies, cultural context. Storming and demoliion of the basille july 14, 1789. Important works of art and historical buildings lost. Ravage of monuments fosters reacion from the naional assembly. Government commits to preservaion systemaic and classiicaion of all heritage. Napoleon bonaparte was pro revoluion but interested in protecing anique monuments- reminders of past glory. Museum as the end of art because it removes the contexts: conclusion. Vandalism and destrucion made drasic contribuion toward new understanding of values (documentary/scieniic/arisic) contained in this heritage. Monuments as cultural heritage of the naion. Archaeological restoraion: objecive: to understand the concepts of archaeological restoration and their. Application on monuments in italy: art plundered during french occupaion in rome puis vii reinforces protecion. Oius excavate to discover new aniquiies to replace lost ones.