Heritage of Heresy: Preservation and Destruction of Religious Art and Architecture in Europe - National Humanities Center

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Heritage of Heresy: Preservation and Destruction of Religious Art and Architecture in Europe

By Brenda Deen Schildgen (NHC Fellow, 2005–06)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

From the publisher’s description:

This is an account of the roles of local and national movements, and of memory and regret in the destruction or preservation of the architectural, artistic, and historic legacy of Europe in which the author examines what is cultural heritage and why it matters.

Subjects
History / Art / Architecture / Historic Preservation / Religious Art / Iconoclasm /

Schildgen, Brenda Deen (NHC Fellow, 2005–06). Heritage of Heresy: Preservation and Destruction of Religious Art and Architecture in Europe. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.