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The Transformation of the Couvent des Petits-Augustins into Musée des Monuments Français - Examining Art as Another Sacralization in the Transfiguration of Religious Architecture into an Art Exhibition Space -

프랑스 기념비 박물관으로 전환된 프티-오귀스탱 수도원에 대한 연구 - 예술 전시 공간으로 변용된 종교 건축과 예술의 또 다른 신성화 -

  • Received : 2022.12.25
  • Accepted : 2023.05.04
  • Published : 2023.05.30
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Abstract

This study analyzes the establishment of the Musée des Monuments Français in the context of the French Revolution, with a specific focus on the functional transformation of the holy relics that were housed in the Couvent des Petits-Augustins. During the French Revolution, the Couvent's religious relics were stripped of their sacred status and relegated to destruction or vandalism. However, they were subsequently repurposed as cultural assets and transformed into objects for preservation. Through a transfigurative exhibition, these objects were introduced to the public as works of art, while the building was converted from a religious site to a temporary dépôt and eventually an art exhibition space. Although the Musée des Monuments Français closed in 1816, its legacy lives on today through the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, which continues to use the former Couvent's Chapelle des Louanges and église as exhibition spaces. This transfiguration of religious architecture into an art exhibition space highlights the concept of art as another sacralization.

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Acknowledgement

이 논문은 한양대 교내연구지원사업(HY-202200000003479), 그리고 2020년 정부(교육부) 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 기초연구사업(No. NRF-2020R1F1A1076290)으로 연구되었음.

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