La baleine - Une histoire culturelle. Etrurie from one region to another

from one region to another

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The publication accompanying the exhibition of the same name explores Riopelle's interest in northern Canada and his artistic output

Sculptures

La baleine - Une histoire culturelle. Etrurie from one region to anotherThe whale, the largest and heaviest animal in Creation, has always fascinated human beings. Speculations and fantasies have been all the more numerous since seeing a live whale was for a long time rare. Its history is linked to that of the sea, navigation and fishing. But it is also related to that of knowledge and classifications of the animal world. Hunted since the Neolithic period, the whale nevertheless became better known from the moment (in the