Giacometti/Sade. Cruels objets du désir. Proche et Moyen Orient give rise to the triggering

give rise to the triggering of an inquisitorial procedure conducted by the king himself or by agents he designates

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rich in quotations in both languages

subjective but very well-informed account (by a member of Charles the Bald's entourage) of the view that a great layman could have of the reign of Louis the Pious (814-840) and of the dissensions between his sons

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Giacometti/Sade. Cruels objets du désir. Proche et Moyen Orient give rise to the triggeringIn 1933, Alberto Giacometti wrote to Andr Breton: "Yesterday I read Sade, who fascinates me greatly." In the 1930s, Giacometti created objects with a symbolic function, imbued with the imagination of a violent eroticism similar to that of the writings of DAF de Sade. The era was one of the rehabilitation of the divine Marquis, a model of freedom and modernity for artists and writers. The libertine philosopher fascinated Giacometti and his friends,