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It seems bad faith to assume the OP is using the term modernism specifically to refer to the Modernism movement rather than the other use of the word "a practic
by Reasoning 2y ago
It seems bad faith to assume the OP is using the term modernism specifically to refer to the Modernism movement rather than the other use of the word "a practice, usage, or expression peculiar to modern times", per Merriam-Webster.
Also, drawing the connection between Eugène Viollet-le-Duc and Modernism architecture to argue for removing Eugène's glass with a more modern style ignores his own motivation for his restoration which was to restore Notre-Dame to it's original gothic style. The reason Eugène's stained glass is there is because past canons had "modernized" it by replacing the original medieval stained glass with plain white panes.
- vidarh 2y agoThe new glass is more traditional in many way, such as in terms of its subjects. And there is no meaningful way of restoring Notre-Dame to an "original style" without making it unrecognisable to us - it consists of many hundreds of years of substantial alterations. While Viollet-le-Duc tried to find a compromise that worked, the result is that it is an eclectic 19th century mix of styles that never existed previously.