Orient and Occident: Two diverse universes and two distant mentalities finally able to meet and confront one another. By shaking up a dialogue between eastern and western art, their respective iconographic and figurative languages, and by analysing the two contrasting cultures and scientific approaches we will discuss stories of yesterday that still vibrate in the present and will pave the way of the world of tomorrow.
It seems that our custom to exchange gifts during Christmas comes from some ancient traditions practiced at the Saturnalia, one of the most popular holidays on the Roman calendar.
Originally the festival was celebrated on only one day: the fourteenth day before the Kalends of January (December 19), but during the imperial age the festival lasted [...]
Isis, wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, is also commonly associated with another ancient Egyptian deity named Hathor. This name, which literally means “house of Horus”, represents a symbolic lap for her son, who is also the son of Osiris.
Following suit of her many forms, Hathor was the goddess of love as well as [...]
