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THE CONSERVATION MOVEMENT: A CULT OF THE MODERN AGE

2003; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 13; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0080440103000215

1474-0648

Miles Glendinning,

Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation

In this polemical paper, I argue that, although conservation has generally presented itself as ananti-modern phenomenon, it is actually very modern indeed; the rise of the conservation movement has been a key element in the modern transformation of the built environment. The paper assesses how this situation has come about, drawing on the turn-of-century ideas of Alois Riegl, and argues that this modern concept of the monument has had a positive, creative side and a negative, even destructive side. In a concluding section, I explore the problems that conservation faces today as a result of that ‘committed’ stance.