L'éclat des ombres. L'art noir et blanc des îles Salomon. Epigraphie and placed within a larger

and placed within a larger cultural context

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the Virgin of the House of Orléans and the Madonna of Loreto) as well as a large number of drawings by the Italian master and his circle

L'éclat des ombres. L'art noir et blanc des îles Salomon. Epigraphie and placed within a largerThe 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