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Explore our collection by theme
To assist librarians, curators, cultural mediators, researchers, and lovers of fine books in their exploration of the catalogue, the works are presented here by major themes. A single book may naturally appear in several sections, as the resonances between the works echo and extend one another.
" Nature, ecology & wild worlds ", " Civilizations, geographies & voyages ", " Mythologies, founding narratives & symbolic imaginaries ", " Time, memory, humanism & the human condition ", " Eros, body, intimacy, hedonism ", " Heritage, art history & memory of works ", " Sea, shores & maritime spaces ".
NATURE, ECOLOGY & WILD WORLDS.
Michel BUTOR - Bernard ALLIGAND
Ecology. Humans have an ambivalent relationship with bees, one of fear and fascination. Michel Butor challenges us to consider their disappearance.
Paola PIGANI- Sophie ZÉNON
The Sleepers of the Forest invites us to enter the wondrous world of the forest. Nature opens onto an invisible world where plants and animals seem to hold the keys to a secret.
Jean-Pierre GEAY - Bernard ALLIGAND
Nature. A dual perspective on the ceaseless metamorphosis of nature.
Kenneth WHITE - Bernard ALLIGAND
Geology. A hyperborean dream that winter, in those timeless times up in Alaska...
Michel BUTOR - Bernard ALLIGAND
Iceland. Central theme: "The Return," the aftermath of the trip, bringing back an experience, fixing the memory...
Antoine EMAZ - Bernard ALLIGAND
Nature. Feelings. On the Atlantic coasts, between the greyness of the weather and of the soul, the poet blends feelings and natural elements.
Kenneth WHITE - Bernard ALLIGAND
Scandinavia. If Kenneth White lingers on a place of particular power, if he evokes ancient shamanism, if he laments the disappearance of an entire natural world, on a more abstract level, he invites the traces of a white line charged with energy that crosses the darkness of space and time.
Kenneth WHITE - Bernard ALLIGAND
Ornithology. 1833 in Labrador, last travel writings of the ornithologist J. J. Audubon.
Sigurdur PALSSON - B. ALLIGAND
Iceland. Eroticism. In metaphorical language, the author blends the natural elements of Iceland with bodily emotions.
S. INGOLFSSON - B. ALLIGAND
Icelandic myth. The author's inspiration comes from his paternal grandmother's garden in northern Iceland.
Michel BUTOR - Bernard ALLIGAND
Heritage. Textiles. A dual, feminine/masculine perspective on the Lady and the Unicorn tapestry at the Cluny Museum.
Régine DETAMBEL - Patricia ERBELDING
Heritage. Textiles. A dual, feminine/masculine perspective on the Lady and the Unicorn tapestry at the Cluny Museum.
CIVILIZATIONS, GEOGRAPHIES & TRAVELS.
Michaël GLÜCK - Bernard ALLIGAND
A narrative poem inspired by Homer's Odyssey.
Salah STETIE - Bernard ALLIGAND
Egypt. Civilization. Where is the Land of Punt, the trading post where Egyptians obtained supplies a few millennia ago? Humanist Salah Stétié refers to vanished civilizations.
Kenneth WHITE - Bernard ALLIGAND
Scandinavia. If Kenneth White lingers on a place of particular power, if he evokes ancient shamanism, if he laments the disappearance of an entire natural world, on a more abstract level, he invites the traces of a white line charged with energy that crosses the darkness of space and time.
Michel BUTOR - Bernard ALLIGAND
City. Modernism. Michel Butor writes this sparkling work full of humor and derision about the energy of New York.
Marc ALYN - Bernard ALLIGAND
Venice, secretive and exhilarating, joyful and tragic, an alchemy of mournful chants and majestic architecture... With a shared vision, Marc Alyn and Bernard Alligand magnify the Serenissima. Metaphors and symbols transport us into a breathtaking symphonic repertoire.
Michel BUTOR - Bernard ALLIGAND
"The return", the aftermath of the trip, bringing back an experience, fixing the memory...
Michel BUTOR - Bernard ALLIGAND
Egypt. Myth. In symbiosis, poem and painted works plunge us into the myth of Isis and Osiris in a reversed role.
Michel BUTOR - Bernard ALLIGAND
World. Civilizations. A mathematician of words, Michel Butor invites us to travel through space and time.
A. FREIXE - E. PIGNON-ERNEST
Tribute to Somali athlete Samia Usuf Omar who died in the Mediterranean
Kenneth WHITE - Bernard ALLIGAND
Geology. A hyperborean dream that winter, in those timeless times up in Alaska...
S. INGOLFSSON - B. ALLIGAND
Icelandic myth. The author's inspiration comes from his paternal grandmother's garden in northern Iceland.
Sigurdur PALSSON - B. ALLIGAND
Iceland. Eroticism. In metaphorical language, the author blends the natural elements of Iceland with bodily emotions.
MYTHOLOGIES, FOUNDATION STORIES & SYMBOLIC IMAGINARY STORIES.
Michaël GLÜCK - Bernard ALLIGAND
A narrative poem inspired by Homer's Odyssey.
Michel BUTOR - Bernard ALLIGAND
Egypt. Myth. In symbiosis, poem and painted works plunge us into the myth of Isis and Osiris in a reversed role.
S. INGOLFSSON - B. ALLIGAND
Icelandic myth. The author's inspiration comes from his paternal grandmother's garden in northern Iceland.
Michel BUTOR - Bernard ALLIGAND
Iceland. Central theme: "The Return," the aftermath of the trip, bringing back an experience, fixing the memory...
Michel BUTOR - Bernard ALLIGAND
Heritage. Textiles. A dual, feminine/masculine perspective on the Lady and the Unicorn tapestry at the Cluny Museum.
Régine DETAMBEL - Patricia ERBELDING
Heritage. Textiles. A dual, feminine/masculine perspective on the Lady and the Unicorn tapestry at the Cluny Museum.
Michel BUTOR - Bernard ALLIGAND
Heritage. Textiles. Fascinated by the monumental Apocalypse tapestry in Angers Castle, Michel Butor becomes a conduit for the visions of Saint John.
Salah STETIE - Bernard ALLIGAND
Egypt. Civilization. Where is the Land of Punt, the trading post where Egyptians obtained supplies a few millennia ago? Humanist Salah Stétié refers to vanished civilizations.
Marc ALYN - Bernard ALLIGAND
Venice, secretive and exhilarating, joyful and tragic, an alchemy of mournful chants and majestic architecture... With a shared vision, Marc Alyn and Bernard Alligand magnify the Serenissima. Metaphors and symbols transport us into a breathtaking symphonic repertoire.
TIME, MEMORY, HUMANISM & THE HUMAN CONDITION.
Lionel RAY - Bernard ALLIGAND
The enigma of time. "We are in a debate with time, the seasons, age, all of which we seek to grasp and which eludes us."
Lionel RAY - Bernard ALLIGAND
The enigma of time. A journey endlessly repeated towards places of nowhere.
M. ALYN - N. SALAMEH - B. ALLIGAND
A tribute to the shared time of two poets, an ongoing exploration of their love of language where each moment lived together becomes a form of eternity sublimated by words.
In his paintings for LE TEMPS PARTAGE (Shared Time), Bernard Alligand creates a tension between the ephemeral (human existence) and the eternal (the universe), transcending the linear perception of time through a play of mirrors and geometric forms, and symbolizing the birth and expansion of the universe in contrasting red and black, sprinkled with silver and gold stars.
In his paintings for LE TEMPS PARTAGE (Shared Time), Bernard Alligand creates a tension between the ephemeral (human existence) and the eternal (the universe), transcending the linear perception of time through a play of mirrors and geometric forms, and symbolizing the birth and expansion of the universe in contrasting red and black, sprinkled with silver and gold stars.
Bernard NOEL - Bernard ALLIGAND
Humanism. Power. Sensibility or censorship? Virus of over-information or under-information? In search of lost meaning, follow the Bird's Journey.
Alain FREIXE - Bernard ALLIGAND
Philosophy. Alain Freixe and Bernard Alligand give meaning to our dark and meaningless times.
Michel BUTOR - Bernard ALLIGAND
Iceland. Central theme: "The Return," the aftermath of the trip, bringing back an experience, fixing the memory...
A. FREIXE - E. PIGNON-ERNEST
Tribute to Somali athlete Samia Usuf Omar who died in the Mediterranean
Salah STETIE - Bernard ALLIGAND
Egypt. Civilization. Where is the Land of Punt, the trading post where Egyptians obtained supplies a few millennia ago? Humanist Salah Stétié refers to vanished civilizations.
Michel BUTOR - Bernard ALLIGAND
World. Civilizations. A mathematician of words, Michel Butor invites us to travel through space and time.
Paola PIGANI- Sophie ZÉNON
The Sleepers of the Forest invites us to enter the wondrous world of the forest. Nature opens onto an invisible world where plants and animals seem to hold the keys to a secret.
Michel BUTOR - Bernard ALLIGAND
Heritage. Textiles. Fascinated by the monumental Apocalypse tapestry in Angers Castle, Michel Butor becomes a conduit for the visions of Saint John.
EROS, BODY, INTIMATENESS, HEDONISM.
Gaston PUEL - Bernard ALLIGAND
Eros. Ode to love. The poet's perspective on his wife suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
Salah STETIE - Bernard ALLIGAND
Orient. Eroticism. In this work, Salah Stétié blends Orient and Occident, between mysticism and sensual pleasure.
Tita REUT - Bernard ALLIGAND
Eroticism. A free-spirited woman invites her partner to carnal pleasures.
Régine DETAMBEL - Bernard ALLIGAND
Eroticism. Gastronomy. A gourmet and bucolic stroll with a ravigote sauce.
Sigurdur PALSSON - B. ALLIGAND
Iceland. Eroticism. In metaphorical language, the author blends the natural elements of Iceland with bodily emotions.
M. ALYN - N. SALAMEH - B. ALLIGAND
A tribute to the shared time of two poets, an ongoing exploration of their love of language where each moment lived together becomes a form of eternity sublimated by words.
In his paintings for LE TEMPS PARTAGE (Shared Time), Bernard Alligand creates a tension between the ephemeral (human existence) and the eternal (the universe), transcending the linear perception of time through a play of mirrors and geometric forms, and symbolizing the birth and expansion of the universe in contrasting red and black, sprinkled with silver and gold stars.
In his paintings for LE TEMPS PARTAGE (Shared Time), Bernard Alligand creates a tension between the ephemeral (human existence) and the eternal (the universe), transcending the linear perception of time through a play of mirrors and geometric forms, and symbolizing the birth and expansion of the universe in contrasting red and black, sprinkled with silver and gold stars.
HERITAGE, ART HISTORY & MEMORY OF WORKS
Michel BUTOR - Bernard ALLIGAND
Heritage. Textiles. A dual, feminine/masculine perspective on the Lady and the Unicorn tapestry at the Cluny Museum.
Régine DETAMBEL - Patricia ERBELDING
Heritage. Textiles. A dual, feminine/masculine perspective on the Lady and the Unicorn tapestry at the Cluny Museum.
Michel BUTOR - Bernard ALLIGAND
Heritage. Textiles. Fascinated by the monumental Apocalypse tapestry in Angers Castle, Michel Butor becomes a conduit for the visions of Saint John.
Philippe DELAVEAU - B. ALLIGAND
Heritage. Painting. On the theme of the kitchens in a 17th-century painting.
Michaël GLÜCK - Bernard ALLIGAND
A narrative poem inspired by Homer's Odyssey.
Robert MARTEAU - Bernard ALLIGAND
Bullfighting. Aficionados, remember the cornada received by the famous Spanish bullfighter José Tomàs in Aguascalentes in 2010.
Robert MARTEAU - Bernard ALLIGAND
Bullfighting. Bulls: a work in 3 volumes. One of 3 poetic chronicles inspired by bullfights in Nîmes, Bayonne, Monclar (Gers), Salamanca, Vic-Fezensac and Portugal.
Robert MARTEAU - Julius BALTAZAR
Bullfighting. Bulls: a work in 3 volumes. One of 3 poetic chronicles inspired by bullfights in Nîmes, Bayonne, Monclar (Gers), Salamanca, Vic-Fezensac and Portugal.
Robert MARTEAU - Gérard EPPELE
Bullfighting. Bulls: a work in 3 volumes. One of 3 poetic chronicles inspired by bullfights in Nîmes, Bayonne, Monclar (Gers), Salamanca, Vic-Fezensac and Portugal.
SEA, SHORES & MARITIME SPACES
A. FREIXE - E. PIGNON-ERNEST
Tribute to Somali athlete Samia Usuf Omar who died in the Mediterranean
Michaël GLÜCK - Bernard ALLIGAND
A narrative poem inspired by Homer's Odyssey.
Antoine EMAZ - Bernard ALLIGAND
Nature. Feelings. On the Atlantic coasts, between the greyness of the weather and of the soul, the poet blends feelings and natural elements.
Kenneth WHITE - Bernard ALLIGAND
Ornithology. 1833 in Labrador, last travel writings of the ornithologist J. J. Audubon.
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