Hypnose. Art et hypnotisme de Mesmer à nos jours. Religion dont il contribua

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this collection of works highlights that these inscriptions

mineralogist and lecturer at the Museum

Arnaud Vérin

aims to restore the artist to the essential place he occupied at the time

Hypnose. Art et hypnotisme de Mesmer à nos jours. Religion dont il contribuaIt lulls, it frightens, it amuses. Hypnosis is not often mentioned in art histories, probably for these three reasons combined. Even though it is currently experiencing a marked revival of interest in scientific culture and popular imagination, little attention seems to be paid to the role that hypnosis has played in the field of creation, where it is nevertheless omnipresent, deliberately or unconsciously, from Gustave Courbet to Auguste Rodin, from