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Item Number: 120703
Title: Les toits polychromes en Bourgogne
Author: Baradel-Vallet, Catherine
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9782878441567
Description: Dijon: Faton, 2012. 29cm., hardcover, ca. 240pp., 200 color illus. French text. Summary: The aim of this thesis is to study the historical, technical, stylistic, and symbolic evolution of the polychromatic roofs found in Burgundy between the 14th and the 20th centuries. The different iconographic, archaeological and written testimonies make it possible to analyse the place of the polychromatic pattern in the architecture, the choice of patterns and colours, the use of differently-shaped tiles (whether lead- or tin-glazed), the type of production (traditional or industrial), the sociological analysis and the symbolic readings, the influence received or given as well as the overuse of the "Burgundian roofs" to promote the image of the region during the 20th century. The synthesis of the historical data shows the existence of two cycles: the first one, brought on by the Gothic constructions in Ile-de-France during the 12th and 13th centuries, began with the first Burgundian evidence in the 14th century and lasted until the decline in the 18th century; it includes the apogee represented by the architecture of 17th century. The second cycle, which has started around 1840, found its origin in the ancient constructions and in the revival of the European interest for the ceramic architectural elements. This creativity petered out after 1914, with the last productions of the second cycle occurring between 1935 and 1940. Eventually, the development of tourism and the search for regional identities led to the metonymical use of these polychromatic roofs in the 20th century. (^Available Autumn 2012, further details forthcoming^)
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