Les arts en Europe au XVIIe siècle. Manuels de l'Ecole du Louvre. Antique animals and humans

animals and humans

"The Vitruvian Basilica of Fano: modular relationships and restitution of the entablature" by Laurent Maggiori

while we know Bruegel's winter landscapes and rustic scenes

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

The theme Life and Death concerns us all

Les arts en Europe au XVIIe siècle. Manuels de l'Ecole du Louvre. Antique animals and humansThe "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.