Brésil, des hommes sont venus. Copte The Egyptians adorned their tombs

The Egyptians adorned their tombs with magnificent paintings

riddled with quirks and fantasies

in which each responds with precision and subtlety to their predecessor

L'ouvrage s'attarde sur la question de la fonction de tels objets en interrogeant la nature du lien entre la boîte et l'estampe et en mettant en avant leur dimension dévotionnelle

Brésil, des hommes sont venus. Copte The Egyptians adorned their tombsBe fruitful and multiply, says the Scripture. Otherwise: Get on with it! adds Cendrars with the inimitable familiarity he employs in the story of great epics. This one, the conquest and settlement of Brazil, had everything to seduce him: the desperate struggle of a humanity eager for rebirth, the promise of a Paradise to come and the acute certainty of a present Hell.