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Powerful and immaterial

Powerful and immaterial

On earth as it is in heaven

On earth as it is in heaven

Taming fire

Taming fire

Quest for Fire

Quest for Fire

The raw and the cooked

The raw and the cooked

Roasting, frying, grilling, boiling and braising

Roasting, frying, grilling, boiling and braising

Household arts

Household arts

It's Winter, light the fire!

It's Winter, light the fire!

Heating the artist's workshop

Heating the artist's workshop

Adding fuel to the fire

Adding fuel to the fire

From earthenware jug to fridge

From earthenware jug to fridge

Alchemy

Alchemy

Vulcan's forges

Vulcan's forges

Magic of transparency

Magic of transparency

The Candelabra's luster

The Candelabra's luster

The electricity fairy

The electricity fairy

City lights

City lights

The steam horse

The steam horse

Boom!

Boom!

3, 2, 1...blastoff!

3, 2, 1...blastoff!

Fear in the city

Fear in the city

Caught in the cross fire

Caught in the cross fire

Auto-da-fé

Auto-da-fé

Show me a sign

Show me a sign

Witches and the stake

Witches and the stake

Up in smoke

Up in smoke

Saint John's bonfires

Saint John's bonfires

Like a great sun

Like a great sun

One last bouquet

One last bouquet

Bibliography

Reference works:

  • Les hommes et le feu, de l'antiquité à nos jours (du feu mythique et bienfaiteur au feu dévastateur)
    actes du colloque de l'association interuniversitaire de l'Est, Besançon, 26-27 septembre 2003, réunis par François Vion-Delphin et François Lassus
    Editions Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté

  • Histoire de l'alimentation, Jean-Louis Flandrin - Massimo Montanari (under the direction of)
    Editions Fayard

  • Myths of the Origin of Fire, James George Frazer
    Editions Payot

  • Histoire universelle de la destruction des livres, Fernando Baez
    Editions Fayard

  • Le feu, Pascal Richet
    Collection Découverte Gallimard

  • Le feu au Moyen-Age, Jean-Pierre Leguay
    Editions Presses Universitaires de Rennes

Works cited in the exhibition:

  • Construire un feu, Jack London
    Editions Robert Laffont
  • La psychanalyse du feu, Gaston Bachelard
    Editions Gallimard
  • Les trophées, José-Maria de Heredia
    Editions Gallimard
  • Promethée enchaîné, Eschyle
    Editions Belin
  • Physiologie du goût, Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
    Editions Flammarion
  • Atalante fugitive, Michael Maier
    Editions Dervy
  • Happe-Chair, Camille Lemonnier
    Editions Labor
  • Ubu roi, Alfred Jarry
    Editions Gallimard
  • Les merveilles de la science, Louis Figuier
    Editions Furne, Jouvet et Cie.
  • Mythologies : La nouvelle Citroën, Roland Barthes
    Editions du Seuil
  • Une enfance créole Tome 1 : Antan d'enfance, Patrick Chamoiseau
    Editions Gallimard
  • Le feu, Henri Barbusse
    Editions Gallimard
  • Etudes sociales et juridiques sur l'antiquité grecque, Gustave Glotz
    Editions Hachette