{"id":1106669,"date":"2021-12-10T15:59:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T20:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1106669"},"modified":"2021-12-10T15:59:17","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T20:59:17","slug":"woke-disney-frances-heritage-commission-approves-plans-to-transform-notre-dame-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-disney-frances-heritage-commission-approves-plans-to-transform-notre-dame-cathedral\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Woke Disney\u2019: France\u2019s Heritage Commission Approves Plans To Transform Notre Dame Cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwoke-disney-frances-heritage-commission-approves-plans-to-transform-notre-dame-cathedral%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1106669&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Despite public outcry, France\u2019s National Heritage and Architecture Commission voted Thursday to approve restoration plans that critics claim will turn historic Notre Dame cathedral into a \u201cwoke\u201d theme park.<\/p>\n<p>The plans, overseen by Father Gilles Drouin, include removing confessionals and altars from the 13th-century edifice and replacing classic artwork and sculpture with modern \u201cstreet art.\u201d The culture ministry has confirmed that \u201cstreet art pioneer Ernest Pignon-Ernest, as well as other modern artists such as Anselm Kiefer and Louise Bourgeois, are among the names being considered for display when new art installations replace some of the little-used 19th-century confessionals,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20211210-france-approves-controversial-notre-dame-redesign\">reports<\/a> AFP.<\/p>\n<p>The plans to renovate the interior of the Gothic masterpiece, which suffered a devastating fire in April 2019 that destroyed the spire and most of the roof, also reportedly include dedicating one of the side chapels to the theme of environmentalism. The new design also calls for adding new light displays and sound effects to create \u201cemotional spaces.\u201d Drouin argues that these spaces will make the church more \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.archpaper.com\/2021\/11\/plans-for-a-modern-interior-at-notre-dame-cathedral-invokes-the-ire-of-traditionalists\/\">welcoming<\/a>,\u201d for people who are \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.archpaper.com\/2021\/11\/plans-for-a-modern-interior-at-notre-dame-cathedral-invokes-the-ire-of-traditionalists\/\">not always from a Christian culture<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over 100 French artists, architects, and historians have blasted the plans as \u201ckitsch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a petition titled \u201cNotre-Dame de Paris: What the fire spared, the diocese wants to destroy,\u201d published in the French newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/vox\/culture\/notre-dame-de-paris-ce-que-l-incendie-a-epargne-le-diocese-veut-le-detruire-20211207\">Le Figuero<\/a>, critics begged the commission to honor the work of the great 19th-century medieval restorationist Eug\u00e8ne Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, who painstakingly restored the Cathedral from the ravages of the French Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s respect [Viollet-le-Duc\u2019s] work, let\u2019s respect the work of artist and craftsmen who have toiled to offer us this jewel, let us simply respect the heritage principles of a historical monument,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Another French paper, the left-leaning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/incendie-de-notre-dame\/article\/2021\/12\/02\/une-renovation-strictement-a-l-identique-c-est-une-capitulation-a-notre-dame-la-bataille-de-la-nef_6104391_5450561.html\">Le Monde<\/a>, framed the argument in political terms, saying it amounted to a clash between \u201cadvocates of modernity and ecumenism and the guardians of a nostalgic conservatism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One critic told British outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2021\/12\/09\/church-leaders-want-destroy-fire-spared-kitsch-notre-dame-restoration\/\">The Telegraph<\/a>, \u201cIn France, what is called modernisation amounts to vandalism.\u201d As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/france-must-reject-woke-plans-for-notre-dames-restoration\">reported<\/a>, the paper was the first to break the news of the restoration proposal, describing it as \u2018woke Disney.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>World-renowned French architect Maurice Cullot said, \u201cIt\u2019s as if Disney were entering Notre-Dame,\u201d adding, \u201cWhat they are proposing to do to Notre-Dame would never be done to Westminster Abbey or Saint Peter\u2019s in Rome. It\u2019s a kind of theme park and very childish and trivial given the grandeur of the place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the petition\u2019s signatories, La Tribune de l\u2019Art Editor-in-Chief Didier Rykner, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/10\/arts\/design\/notre-dame-interior-contemporary-art.html\">The New York Times<\/a> of the commission\u2019s decision, \u201cThe church is 2,000 years old \u2014 it is an old lady. It has a history that we must respect, that today\u2019s people cannot erase with a stroke of the pen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite public outcry, France\u2019s National Heritage and Architecture Commission voted Thursday to approve restoration plans that critics claim will turn historic Notre Dame cathedral into a \u201cwoke\u201d theme park.The plans, overseen by Father Gilles Drouin, include removing confessionals and altars from the 13th-century edifice and replacing classic artwork and sculpture with modern \u201cstreet art.\u201d The culture ministry has confirmed that \u201cstreet art pioneer Ernest Pignon-Ernest, as well as other modern artists such as Anselm Kiefer and Louise Bourgeois, are among the names being considered for display when new art installations replace some of the little-used 19th-century confessionals,\u201d reports AFP.The plans to renovate the interior of the Gothic masterpiece, which suffered a devastating fire in April 2019 that destroyed the spire and most of the roof, also reportedly include dedicating one of the side chapels to the theme of environmentalism. The new design also calls for adding new light displays and sound effects to create \u201cemotional spaces.\u201d Drouin argues that these spaces will make the church more \u201cwelcoming,\u201d for people who are \u201cnot always from a Christian culture.\u201dOver 100 French artists, architects, and historians have blasted the plans as \u201ckitsch.\u201dIn a petition titled \u201cNotre-Dame de Paris: What the fire spared, the diocese wants to destroy,\u201d published in the French newspaper Le Figuero, critics begged the commission to honor the work of the great 19th-century medieval restorationist Eug\u00e8ne Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, who painstakingly restored the Cathedral from the ravages of the French Revolution.\u201cLet\u2019s respect [Viollet-le-Duc\u2019s] work, let\u2019s respect the work of artist and craftsmen who have toiled to offer us this jewel, let us simply respect the heritage principles of a historical monument,\u201d they wrote.Another French paper, the left-leaning Le Monde, framed the argument in political terms, saying it amounted to a clash between \u201cadvocates of modernity and ecumenism and the guardians of a nostalgic conservatism.\u201dOne critic told British outlet The Telegraph, \u201cIn France, what is called modernisation amounts to vandalism.\u201d As The Daily Wire previously reported, the paper was the first to break the news of the restoration proposal, describing it as \u2018woke Disney.\u201dWorld-renowned French architect Maurice Cullot said, \u201cIt\u2019s as if Disney were entering Notre-Dame,\u201d adding, \u201cWhat they are proposing to do to Notre-Dame would never be done to Westminster Abbey or Saint Peter\u2019s in Rome. It\u2019s a kind of theme park and very childish and trivial given the grandeur of the place.\u201dOne of the petition\u2019s signatories, La Tribune de l\u2019Art Editor-in-Chief Didier Rykner, told The New York Times of the commission\u2019s decision, \u201cThe church is 2,000 years old \u2014 it is an old lady. It has a history that we must respect, that today\u2019s people cannot erase with a stroke of the pen.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1106669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1106669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1106669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1106669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1106669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1106669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1106669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}