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Mélancolie. Génie et folie en Occident
Melancholy. Genius and madness in West
From october 13 2005 to january 16 2006
Modern art
As the iconography of melancholy is of unlimited wealth, the exhibition presents over 250 works, distributed in eight sections, that reveal the permanence and the variations of this sacred humor. From antique steles to contemporary works of art, it underlines the major role played by melancholy in the different forms of artistic creation in Europe.
01 44 13 17 17
04 45 63 54 33
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