La constitution d’un corpus des peintures murales de la France : entre utopie et réalité

Abstract

France is particularly rich in the number of wall paintings remaining in all architectural contexts, of which only some have been studied in the last century. Monographs and general studies have highlighted this exceptional treasure, but a proper national corpus has never been established. Previous attempts at creating such a corpus would be been reintegrated here within a global historiographic perspective and a research framework that would provide both a “state of the question” and a springboard for the future. The striking evolution of research questions and technical tools in recent decades totally justifies this new approach.

Keywords

• peinture murale
• Corpus
• France
• Moyen Âge
• Époque moderne
• Époque contemporaine