Une Histoire universelle des ruines. Des origines aux lumières. arts linking Paris to Constantinople—later Istanbul—the

linking Paris to Constantinople—later Istanbul—the Orient Express was the first in a series of transnational luxury trains operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits

d'ampleurs variées qui

from night to the ocean

On the occasion of the Vincent Van Gogh retrospective organized at the Musée de l'Orangerie in 1947

entre les continuités avec le passé et les innovations et évolutions en contexte étranger… À travers l’étude de textes de la tradition babylonienne copiés hors de Babylonie

Une Histoire universelle des ruines. Des origines aux lumières. arts linking Paris to Constantinople—later Istanbul—theThere are no more men without memory than societies without ruins. This Universal History of Ruins aims to elucidate the indissoluble relationship that each civilization maintains with them. Ancient Egypt entrusted the memory of its sovereigns to gigantic monuments and imposing inscriptions. Other societies preferred to make a pact with time, like the Mesopotamians, aware of the vulnerability of their mud brick palaces, who buried their commemorative