Citoyens du monde. Noirs et Orientaux de Géricault. Voyages now Professor Emeritus at Laval

now Professor Emeritus at Laval University (Quebec)

ils nous montrent que ces deux univers tout à la fois rivaux et organiquement liés constituent l'un pour l'autre un prisme plus qu'un miroir

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In a ceaseless but peaceful back-and-forth between the finite and the infinite

elles n'expliquent cependant ni ne démontrent rien

Citoyens du monde. Noirs et Orientaux de Géricault. Voyages now Professor Emeritus at LavalThe Muse Vivant Denon in Chalon sur Sane has for a long time held a magnificent Portrait of a Black Man by Thodore Gricault (1791 1824), painted by the young painter during his apprenticeship with Pierre Gurin, around 1811 1812. Following the Muse d'Orsay's exhibition devoted to the Black Model, the rediscovery of this portrait allows for a broad exploration of Gricault's singular vision. He was indeed one of the first Western painters, in his famous