Rouge et Noirs. Rubis, Grenat, Onyx, Obsidienne et autres Minéaux rouges et noirs dans l'Art et l'archéologie. Voyages Nan Goldin's photography always refers

Nan Goldin's photography always refers the viewer to his own questions

obscure master swordsmiths developed complex and refined manufacturing systems to give blades seemingly irreconcilable qualities: hardness and strength

Céline Chouzet

Making the past an "open table

totalement effacées depuis leur dégagement au début du XIXe siècle

Rouge et Noirs. Rubis, Grenat, Onyx, Obsidienne et autres Minéaux rouges et noirs dans l'Art et l'archéologie. Voyages Nan Goldin's photography always refersThe Reds and Blacks exhibition catalog offers an introduction to red and black gemstones. The authors' contributions offer a comprehensive overview of the uses and customs associated with these materials from prehistory to the present day, in our regions as well as in Egypt and China. As Michel Pastoureau, the eminent French medievalist, repeats in the introduction to this volume, Rouges et Noirs: "Color terms are strong, very strong terms, which