03.31.2017 Floral hoax
For sure these painted bouquets are authentic, bloom by bloom.
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.
03.13.2017 Gardens…
The original model of the garden is mythological.
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.
01.09.2017 Sub rosa…
The Rosa Mundi collection should not be mentioned sub rosa in anyway.
01.02.2017 Rose star
Roses too are stars.
12.30.2016 Current status of stars
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
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)
08.19.2016 Flower power
Flowers were used as a light-hearted way to disarm enemy guns.
08.15.2016 This ancient branch of Botany
Botany only became a science, an autonomous field of knowledge, during the XVIIIth century.