03.20.2017 The ‘Reverse Perspective’ In his article called Reverse perspective written in 1919, Pavel Florenski (1882-1937) revived the true aura of the icon in relation to the universally revered art of the Renaissance.
03.10.2017 A little history of perspective (II) The optical illusion of perspective expresses the omnipotence of man over a Nature.
03.06.2017 L’Ombre dans l’Eau L’Ombre dans l’Eau was created as a result of a number of casual and matching gatherings.
03.03.2017 A little history of perspective (I) The science underpinning perspective was theorised and became a model during the Renaissance by the great Italian humanist artists.
02.27.2017 Fahrenheit 451 In the fictitious society of Fahrenheit 451, books are outlawed, hunted down and destroyed by fire.
02.20.2017 The sensible seal Descartes’ wax argument is instructive thanks to its extreme plasticity.
02.06.2017 The odyssey of paper Because paper is part and parcel of books and of the writing process, it continues to be an invention that is central to humanity.
02.03.2017 Rosamund Through the twists and turns of dream-like associations, Rosamund – Rosa Mundi – ended up being the name of a rose eternally associated with love.
01.27.2017 The thinking hand Endorsed by prestigious examples, art historian Horst Bredekamp shows the specific logic of drawing in which the hand produces an explicit bond between an idea and its related image.
01.23.2017 Eno’s nose Eno became very interested in both natural and artificial scents during his time at Art College. His reflexions on this subject sheds light on his conceptual understanding and experimental approach of music as an artist.
01.16.2017 The author of authorship In his « Letter addressed to a magistrate on the book trade », Diderot is the involuntary author of the modern concept of authorship and copyright.
12.30.2016 Current status of stars The large black pots for our indoor-outdoor 1.5 kg Baies candles shimmer with a constellation of small golden stars. Stars? Indoor-outdoor? Heavy? Black? Fire? This is a perfume Universe! Appropriate then to find out more about stars… A star is stable ball of gas that produces energy. Light energy results from the nuclear fusion processes that dilate the star’s core. This thermal expansion process balances out the gravitational forces that…
12.27.2016 Fairies, faith, beliefs & photographs The individual is most often – if not always – mystified by what he or she has decided to see.
12.19.2016 Christmas pyramids The German Christmas pyramid or « weihnachtspyramide » appeared during the XIXth century in the mountains between Saxony and Bohemia.
12.09.2016 French pains d’épices Honeyed spiced bread has been consumed in countries far and wide for millennia.
11.07.2016 Mr. Pollock’s toy theaters No wonder the diptyque founders collected Pollock’s theaters and were probably the only ones to sell them in Paris.
10.31.2016 One Night at diptyque: three Christmas candles Three candles dedicated to the celebration of the Nativity, to all the children and everyone…
10.28.2016 Dingo diva Was Florence Foster Jenkins (1868-1944) the inspiration behind Hergé’s Milanese songbird Bianca Castafiore? The latter made readers chuckle but Florence also made her audience fall about laughing – but not in a good way. Cinema immortalises her in the most moving way. And there’s a connection with diptyque’s past too… Florence Foster Jenkins was an eccentric diva whose passionate love of music sadly made her unaware of unability. Voice, tempo,…
10.14.2016 diptyque patterns diptyque created fabrics until 1963: founders designed quite unusual patterns, geometric variations inspired from abstraction and modern art…
09.16.2016 The face by Levinas For Emmanuel Levinas, the encounter of the Other via the face is a key to human consciousness, his work as a philosopher and his moral teachings.
09.02.2016 Slowness “The degree of slowness is directly proportional to the intensity of memory ; the degree of speed is directly proportional to the intensity of forgetfulness” (Milan Kundera, excerpt from Slowness)
08.15.2016 This ancient branch of Botany Botany only became a science, an autonomous field of knowledge, during the XVIIIth century.