L'éclat des ombres. L'art noir et blanc des îles Salomon. Epigraphie I sometimes imagined a tidal

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- Chapter 73/9

L'éclat des ombres. L'art noir et blanc des îles Salomon. Epigraphie I sometimes imagined a tidalThe works of art from the Solomon Islands, an archipelago of some nine hundred islands and islets in the South Pacific Ocean, are striking in their simplicity. Their beauty intrigues and exerts a magnetic influence on the eye. Whatever the materials used (plant fibers, wood, shells, tortoiseshell, ivory) or the technique employed (sculpture, drawing, painting, braiding), the desired effect always has the same intention: to produce contrast to reveal