Q for... Quattrocento

Thursday 10 December 2009 at 12.30pm

On the principle of an ABC....  : In the form of an open dialogue with the public, this programme of gatherings launched in 2006 explored the museum's collections and the vocabulary of contemporary art.

Q for ... Quattrocento, referring to inspiration and perspective, in the broadest sense of the term, and understood by the artists of the Italian Renaissance. In this case, the theoretical reflection that comes from pursuing mathematical principles to their limits, as seen in Hélène Agoffroy's poetic work, Questo modo di questa prospettiva. Focussing on the twisted columns of the Hôtel de la Lauzière in Arles, she took her exploration in sculpture of the games and effects of perspective a stage further.