The Experience of Reconstructing Historic Buildings in Practice： Selected Cases From the Czech Republic

• 作者: Josef Stulc
• 来源期刊: 社会学研究：英文版
• 学科: 社会科学
• 关键词: HERITAGE conservation reconstruction HISTORICAL authenticity credibility historicism MODERNISM
• 年，卷（期）: shxyjywb_2016,（12）
• 页码范围: 783-789
• 页数: 7页
• 分类号: C0

摘要

A negative attitude to the physical reconstruction of damaged or destroyed historic structures back to their original formshas been deeply rooted in the Czech heritage conservation philosophy since the beginning of the twentieth century. Underthe influence of practices abroad, Czech conservators have, however, in some cases, accepted reconstruction. Thispaper seeks to illustrate the process of continuously oscillating between the refusal and the acceptance of reconstruction inthe Czech Republic, with selected cases taken from heritage conservation practice--namely, the facades on the north side ofthe main square in the historic town of Nove Mesto nad Metuji in east Bohemia （1952-1954）, the western facade of theEmmaus Abbey Church in Prague （1964-1966）, Stone Bell House in Prague （1974-1988）, and the spires and gables of theLesser Town town hall in Prague （2007-2008）. They show how much the quality and the regard to historical faithfulness ofthe execution matters in reconstruction and how useful it is in this process to follow the principles of the Charter of Venice,an international document on heritage conservation issued in 1964, which, despite some recent objections, is still far fromobsolete.