La baleine - Une histoire culturelle. Etrurie cette brillante civilisation millénaire continue

cette brillante civilisation millénaire continue d’interroger les historiens

The publication accompanying the exhibition of the same name explores Riopelle's interest in northern Canada and his artistic output

Sculptures

and unveiling the secrets of the Serenissima

Of Bulgarian origin

La baleine - Une histoire culturelle. Etrurie cette brillante civilisation millénaire continueThe whale, the largest and heaviest animal in Creation, has always fascinated human beings. Speculations and fantasies have been all the more numerous since seeing a live whale was for a long time rare. Its history is linked to that of the sea, navigation and fishing. But it is also related to that of knowledge and classifications of the animal world. Hunted since the Neolithic period, the whale nevertheless became better known from the moment (in the