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: Bas-reliefs and paintings I

recounts in the first person the tribulations of an overly curious naive man who has been transformed into a donkey by a failed witchcraft operation but who nonetheless thinks

captured by the eye of photographer Christine Fleurent

autobiographies

D'or et d'ivoire. Paris, Pise, Florence, Sienne 1250-1320. Europe 6366 of 15The second half of the 13th century and the beginning of the 14th century were marked by decisive developments in Europe, both politically, economically, and socially, as well as intellectually and artistically. The renewal of thought changed the understanding of the world, and therefore the ways of representing it. At the same time, the arts experienced significant technological innovations and the emergence of some very important personalities: