FOLETTI, Ivan and Sabina ROSENBERGOVÁ. Holy site, place of memory or art object? Some considerations on mont saint-michel in the '(très) longue durée' (708 [?]-2017). Opuscula historiae artium. Masarykova univerzita, 2017, vol. 66, No 2, p. 118-133. ISSN 1211-7390.
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Original name Holy site, place of memory or art object? Some considerations on mont saint-michel in the '(très) longue durée' (708 [?]-2017)
Authors FOLETTI, Ivan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Sabina ROSENBERGOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Opuscula historiae artium, Masarykova univerzita, 2017, 1211-7390.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 60401 Arts, Art history
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/17:00103041
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English Mont Saint-Michel; place of memory; longue durée; mass tourism; pilgrimage; Migrating art historians
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
For more than one thousand years, Mont Saint-Michel has been a magnetic place: pilgrims and tourists travel for days in order to reach this place. The meaning of this tidal island has changed many times – from a holy place, to a sacred space, then becoming a monument of French national identity, and finally a Mecca of consumerist tourism. How can we understand this exceptional ‘longue durée’ success? One could think of it as a place of memory re-appropriated by each generation – but is that sufficient? Thanks to written records through the centuries, it is possible to confirm that the fascination with this place has always involved a combination of nature and culture. This harmonic interaction has always been the result of a true artistic conception of the place updated through the centuries. In this sense, our answer is unequivocal: Mont Saint-Michel is an art object that comprises natural, monumental, and performative elements within itself.
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