L'éclat des ombres. L'art noir et blanc des îles Salomon. Epigraphie Stern to Mr

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and placed within a larger cultural context

The first in a series of four books devoted to the history of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC)

L'éclat des ombres. L'art noir et blanc des îles Salomon. Epigraphie Stern to MrThe works of art from the Solomon Islands, an archipelago of some nine hundred islands and islets in the South Pacific Ocean, are striking in their simplicity. Their beauty intrigues and exerts a magnetic influence on the eye. Whatever the materials used (plant fibers, wood, shells, tortoiseshell, ivory) or the technique employed (sculpture, drawing, painting, braiding), the desired effect always has the same intention: to produce contrast to reveal