Splendeurs et misères. Images de la prostitution 1850-1910. Protohistoire 324 Les Scythes

324 Les Scythes

via the Spanish Civil War

Summary number 13 of the collection “RESEARCH ON CIVILIZATIONS”

crossed the Pyrenees

Texts and archaeological reality do not allow us to know precisely the daily activity of embalmers

Splendeurs et misères. Images de la prostitution 1850-1910. Protohistoire 324 Les ScythesOn the occasion of the first major event devoted to the theme of prostitution, Splendeurs et misres. Images de la prostitution en France, 1850 1910 traces the way in which French and foreign artists, fascinated by the actors and sites of this social phenomenon, constantly sought new pictorial means to represent its realities and fantasies. From Manet's Olympia to Degas's L'Absinthe, from the brothel forays of Toulouse Lautrec and Munch to the daring