Lorsque le morcellement animal structure l’espace de la représentation

International audience ; From the analysis of Flemish paintings from the end of the 16th and the first half of the 17th century, this text proposes a reflection on the butchery as a place: place of activities, place of interaction and place of inscriptions of the body of the butcher and the animal. Systematically represented as an enclosed space, a space separated from its environment, be it urban or rural, the butchery space is also interpreted by its openings - windows, doors and thresholds - which structure the images and guide their reading. In the image, the space of the butchery proves t... Mehr ...