Defending national treasures : French art and heritage under Vichy / Elizabeth Campbell Karlsgodt.

By: Karlsgodt, Elizabeth CampbellMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011Description: xv, 382 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cmISBN: 9780804770187 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Art treasures in war -- France -- History -- 20th century | Art museums -- France -- History -- 20th century | Art and state -- France -- History -- 20th century | World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- France | World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions -- France | Cultural property -- Protection -- France -- History -- 20th century | France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945DDC classification: 363.6/9094409044 LOC classification: N9165.F8 | K37 2011
Contents:
Cultural affairs under Vichy -- Defending French style and beauty -- Exodus -- Museums fit for France -- Saving historic sites -- Archeology and the national revolution -- Recycling French heroes : the destruction of bronze statues -- Endangered local patrimony : bronze statues in Paris, Chambéry, and Nantes -- Jewish art collections -- Art as a negotiating tool -- The Vichy legacy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cultural affairs under Vichy -- Defending French style and beauty -- Exodus -- Museums fit for France -- Saving historic sites -- Archeology and the national revolution -- Recycling French heroes : the destruction of bronze statues -- Endangered local patrimony : bronze statues in Paris, Chambéry, and Nantes -- Jewish art collections -- Art as a negotiating tool -- The Vichy legacy.

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