An Encyclopedia of Silences. John Berger visite la grotte Chauvet
At the end of the twentieth century, John Berger (1926-2017) experienced the underground world twice, starting with The Vertical Line (1999), a theatrical piece and archaeological dig at London’s Strand underground station. It was a journey 30 meters below ground and spanning 30.000 years. Subsequen...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:ebc_14059 https://doi.org/10.4000/ebc.14059 urn:doi:10.4000/ebc.14059 fr https://journals.openedition.org/ebc/14059 2023-11-30T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/fedt https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ An Encyclopedia of Silences. John Berger visite la grotte Chauvet Études britanniques contemporaines Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2271-5444 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1168-4917 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ebc Venturi, Riccardo John Berger art préhistorique et pariétal géographie des profondeurs Grotte Chauvet Jean Clottes Pierre-Oscar Levy spéléologie théâtre et art contemporains vision souterraine John Berger contemporary theatre and art Grotte Chauvet Jean Clottes geography of the deep Pierre-Oscar Levy prehistoric caves and cave art speleology underground vision At the end of the twentieth century, John Berger (1926-2017) experienced the underground world twice, starting with The Vertical Line (1999), a theatrical piece and archaeological dig at London’s Strand underground station. It was a journey 30 meters below ground and spanning 30.000 years. Subsequently, he had the chance to visit the Chauvet cave in the company of archaeologist Jean Clottes, as shown in a documentary by Pierre-Oscar Lévy. Berger devotes three texts to this prehistoric immersion in silence and darkness, and above all to the drawings made 32.000 years ago, a deeply moving experience for a writer who taught several generations of art historians alternative Ways of Seeing. By focusing on this collection of Berger’s images and texts on the mundus inferior and the Chauvet cave, this article emphasises the originality of his contribution, placing it in the context of the renewed interest in prehistoric art within the visual arts. À la fin du xxe siècle, John Berger (1926-2017) a fait deux fois l’expérience du monde souterrain, à commencer par The Vertical Line (1999), une pièce théâtrale-fouille archéologique à la station du métro Strand de Londres. Il s’agit d’un voyage à 30 mètres en dessous du sol, à travers 30 000 ans. Il a également eu l’occasion de visiter la grotte Chauvet en compagnie de l’archéologue Jean Clottes, comme le montre bien un documentaire de Pierre-Oscar Lévy. Berger consacre trois textes à cette immersion préhistorique dans le silence et les ténèbres et surtout aux dessins réalisés il y a 32 000 ans, si bouleversants pour un écrivain qui a appris à plusieurs générations d’historiens de l’art à Voir le voir. En s’attachant à cet ensemble d’images et de textes de Berger sur le mundus inferior et sur la grotte Chauvet, cet article insiste sur l’originalité de sa contribution, en l’inscrivant dans le regain d’intérêt pour l’art préhistorique au sein des arts visuels. |
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At the end of the twentieth century, John Berger (1926-2017) experienced the underground world twice, starting with The Vertical Line (1999), a theatrical piece and archaeological dig at London’s Strand underground station. It was a journey 30 meters below ground and spanning 30.000 years. Subsequently, he had the chance to visit the Chauvet cave in the company of archaeologist Jean Clottes, as shown in a documentary by Pierre-Oscar Lévy. Berger devotes three texts to this prehistoric immersion in silence and darkness, and above all to the drawings made 32.000 years ago, a deeply moving experience for a writer who taught several generations of art historians alternative Ways of Seeing. By focusing on this collection of Berger’s images and texts on the mundus inferior and the Chauvet cave, this article emphasises the originality of his contribution, placing it in the context of the renewed interest in prehistoric art within the visual arts. |
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