Inventer des grottes. Pré-histoires romanesques. Rome Elsa Peretti

Elsa Peretti

This second work presents Merovingian burials

he constructs narrative sequences in a cinematic approach

based on the British artist's new series of Fresh Flowers - never before shown to the public

and the iconography of ruin—that of the physical body as much as the social body—converge

Inventer des grottes. Pré-histoires romanesques. Rome Elsa PerettiSince the recognition of the antiquity of our species in the 19th century, the world of the "cave man" has fascinated both the general public and major authors such as Proust and Malraux. The novel echoes this attraction to origins and, from La Guerre du feu by Rosny an to Les Enfants de la terre by Auel and including Les Hritiers by Golding , writers of prehistory have established themselves as inventors in the same way as speleologists. While the