Parure: Un language universel. Divers principalement au service du culte

principalement au service du culte

traces of the first of all arts

“Maurice Denis

A stretch of coastline

this monograph presents the multiple aspects of a previously unknown body of work rediscovered by the Cabinet de la photographie at the Centre Pompidou

Parure: Un language universel. Divers principalement au service du culteThe history of adornment begins more than 100,000 years ago in Africa. As Homo sapiens populated the Earth, body ornaments appeared everywhere. The first materials were organic primarily shells and animal teeth, traces of which can be found throughout the world. Moreover, across all societies, beyond cultural differences, universal traits can be observed in the forms, patterns, arrangements, and symbolic values of decorative objects. For Marina