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The Gargoyles Of Notredame: Medievalism And The Monsters Of Modernity
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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 Worldfamous Monsters, The Gargoyles Of Notredame Argues That They Transformed The Iconic Thirteenthcentury Cathedral Into A Modern Monument.Michael Camille Begins His Longawaited Study By Recounting Architect Eugne Violletleducs Ambitious Restoration Of The Structure From 1843 To 1864, When The Gargoyles Were Designed, Sculpted By The Littleknown Victor Pyanet, And Installed. These Gargoyles, Camille Contends, Were Not Mere Avatars Of The Middle Ages, But Rather Fresh Creationssymbolizing An Imagined Pastwhose Modernity Lay Precisely In Their Nostalgia. He Goes On To Map The Critical Reception And Manylayered Afterlives Of These Chimeras, Notably In The Works Of Such Artists And Writers As Charles Mryon, Victor Hugo, And Photographer Henri Le Secq. Tracing Their Eventual Evolution Into Icons Of High Kitsch, Camille Ultimately Locates The Gargoyles Place In The Twentiethcentury 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 Notredame Is A Mustread 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 Worlds Most Renowned Vantage Points.
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