Dragons. Sculpture as well as museum objects

as well as museum objects and archival photographs

He describes

This incredible book immerses the reader in this world and invites them to lose themselves in the labyrinths drawn with precision and great detail by Jan Bajtlik at the height of his art

In the guise of the "philosopher

the systems by which he has sought to define its nature and the way in which it is perceived

Dragons. Sculpture as well as museum objectsLe dragon d'Asie orientale est apparu il y a plus de 5 000 ans. Petit comme le ver soie, immense comme l'arc en ciel, son corps hybride et polymorphe n'a jamais cess de se dployer travers les arts, investi de multiples significations cosmologiques, politiques et populaires. Incarnation des souffles du ciel et matre des eaux, cette prestigieuse crature a t l'emblme imprial et, jusqu' aujourd'hui, l'intermdiaire entre les hommes et les bienfaits