Les arts en Europe au XVIIe siècle. Manuels de l'Ecole du Louvre. Antique the banks of ponds: the

the banks of ponds: the forest is above all the place of sacrifice and whoever ventures there

fantasies are no longer appropriate when discussing prehistory

The theme Life and Death concerns us all

the only way to learn about the lives of its inhabitants is to understand their mortuary remains and the funerary rituals that accompanied them into the afterlife

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Les arts en Europe au XVIIe siècle. Manuels de l'Ecole du Louvre. Antique the banks of ponds: theThe "Grand Sicle" in France, the "Golden Age" in the Netherlands and Spain, the 17th century was a time of extraordinary artistic flowering in Europe. In a context of religious controversy, while war was almost incessant in a continent that was reconfiguring itself, the period was marked by an unparalleled flowering of the arts and major achievements in architecture, painting, sculpture and decorative arts.