Des monuments aux morts entre laïcité et ferveur religieuse : un patrimoine hors-la-loi ?
After the French law of December 1905 separating the Church and the State, monuments erected in the public realm were supposed to be entirely devoid of religious symbolism and war memorials were not exempted from this rule. Yet many sponsors and artists managed to get round this ban. In particular b...
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| description | After the French law of December 1905 separating the Church and the State, monuments erected in the public realm were supposed to be entirely devoid of religious symbolism and war memorials were not exempted from this rule. Yet many sponsors and artists managed to get round this ban. In particular by using the female figure, sculptors often succeeded in introducing a religious element into their creation. This article takes a look at a selection of war memorials scattered throughout France in order to see how references to themes of a religious nature were used, either respecting the principle of secularism or subverting it. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0c2f2ff0db4a488a96f3f039e4c49bab2025-08-20T01:55:18ZfraMinistère de la Culture et de la CommunicationIn Situ1630-73052014-12-012510.4000/insitu.11326Des monuments aux morts entre laïcité et ferveur religieuse : un patrimoine hors-la-loi ?Claude DupuisAfter the French law of December 1905 separating the Church and the State, monuments erected in the public realm were supposed to be entirely devoid of religious symbolism and war memorials were not exempted from this rule. Yet many sponsors and artists managed to get round this ban. In particular by using the female figure, sculptors often succeeded in introducing a religious element into their creation. This article takes a look at a selection of war memorials scattered throughout France in order to see how references to themes of a religious nature were used, either respecting the principle of secularism or subverting it.https://journals.openedition.org/insitu/11326War memoriallaw of separation of Church and Statesecularismpublic realmreligious emblemsstatues |
| spellingShingle | Claude Dupuis Des monuments aux morts entre laïcité et ferveur religieuse : un patrimoine hors-la-loi ? In Situ War memorial law of separation of Church and State secularism public realm religious emblems statues |
| title | Des monuments aux morts entre laïcité et ferveur religieuse : un patrimoine hors-la-loi ? |
| title_full | Des monuments aux morts entre laïcité et ferveur religieuse : un patrimoine hors-la-loi ? |
| title_fullStr | Des monuments aux morts entre laïcité et ferveur religieuse : un patrimoine hors-la-loi ? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Des monuments aux morts entre laïcité et ferveur religieuse : un patrimoine hors-la-loi ? |
| title_short | Des monuments aux morts entre laïcité et ferveur religieuse : un patrimoine hors-la-loi ? |
| title_sort | des monuments aux morts entre laicite et ferveur religieuse un patrimoine hors la loi |
| topic | War memorial law of separation of Church and State secularism public realm religious emblems statues |
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