02802nam 2200625Ia 450 991013989660332120200520144314.01-282-40192-0978661240192390-485-0870-3(CKB)1000000000808184(EBL)474282(OCoLC)475641465(SSID)ssj0000342525(PQKBManifestationID)11261840(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342525(PQKBWorkID)10287927(PQKB)10173925(Au-PeEL)EBL474282(CaPaEBR)ebr10346690(CaONFJC)MIL240192(MiAaPQ)EBC474282(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/32077(PPN)158029437(EXLCZ)99100000000080818420090828d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRomantic modernism nostalgia in the world of conservation /Wim Denslagen; translated by Donald Gardner1st ed.Amsterdam Amsterdam University Pressc20091 online resource (264 p.)Description based upon print version of record.90-8964-103-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-254) and index.Contents; Introduction; Sentimentality and the City; The Rectangular Sickness; Romantic Modernists; Self-seeking Romantics; Bad-mannered Buildings; The Revival Styles and Time Regained; Nostalgia and Imitation; Notes; Bibliography; IndexIs it possible for conservationists to approve of the reconstruction of old façades when virtually everything behind them is modern? Should they continue to protect the front façade, when the rest of the historic building has vanished? Is it socially responsible to spend government money on reconstructing a historic building that has been completely destroyed? Can one do such a thing fifty years on?. According to reigning ideas in the world of conservation, the answer to all these questions is 'no'. It is felt that building a stage set is dishonest, and rebuilding something that no longer exisArchitectureConservation and restorationArchitectureConservation and restorationNetherlandsArchitecture, Modern20th centuryArchitectureConservation and restoration.ArchitectureConservation and restorationArchitecture, Modern900Denslagen W. F924061MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910139896603321Romantic modernism2073771UNINA