IN SEARCH OF THE "DEFINITE REFERENCE": CATHEDRAL OF NOTREDAME DE PARIS AND GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

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In April 2019, the fire of the Notre-Dame de Paris increased the interest to the monument yet this attention is a short moment in the 860 years of history behind it. This thesis focuses on how and in what ways the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris was received as a reference in architectural history, urban history, literature and conservation. The aim is to search the place where the monument stands throughout history in three contexts: an urban context, as an object of Paris and a novel, 1831 Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo; as an object of restoration, in the context of the history of architectural conservation in the nineteenth century and lastly; as an object of study, and search for the building in architectural history survey books. In 1991, UNESCO registered the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris as a world heritage site by officially stating that the monument constitutes "a definite reference in the diffusion of Gothic architecture". How “definite” is its place in the historiography of Gothic architecture will be assessed based on the review of the printed works. The final discussion will return back to Hugo’s famous "This will kill that!" expression and discuss the reception of the cathedral today.

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Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, Gothic architecture, Restoration History, Heritage, History of Architecture

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E. Devrim Topsakal, “IN SEARCH OF THE “DEFINITE REFERENCE”: CATHEDRAL OF NOTREDAME DE PARIS AND GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2023.