L'éclat des ombres. L'art noir et blanc des îles Salomon. Epigraphie gift-giving

gift-giving

representative of the team in charge of the renovation

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

The Archaeological Museum of Oise invites us to explore them and reveal the profession in a new light

I sometimes imagined a tidal wave

L'éclat des ombres. L'art noir et blanc des îles Salomon. Epigraphie gift-givingThe 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