Notre-Dame Will Be Rebuilt—Now Begins the Debate over Its Aesthetic Fate
As firefighters risked their lives to keep Notre-Dame cathedral from this past Monday, one imagined them fighting to save not only a building but an iconic symbol of France's greatest achievements and cultural heritage. With France itself teetering on the edge of political and economic upheaval, it seemed symbolic of the country's fight to keep a grip on the tenuous connection between its past and an uncertain future. The future of the cathedral itself—and particularly its spire—is likely to be drawn into a similar debacle. No one is ...
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