Le Pont-Neuf de Christo. Ouvrage d'art, oeuvre d'art ou comment se faire une opinion. Photographie depuis le milieu du XVIIe

depuis le milieu du XVIIe siècle

was director of archeology for the Canton of Geneva from 1972 to 1998

One volume of text and one volume of plates (LVI)

some of whom had brilliant careers

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Le Pont-Neuf de Christo. Ouvrage d'art, oeuvre d'art ou comment se faire une opinion. Photographie depuis le milieu du XVIIeTo rediscover the strange effect produced by the wrapping of the Pont Neuf, we must go back in time, when Christo was still little known to the general public. In 1985, the meaning of such an unprecedented, collective, and ephemeral undertaking was far from self evident, at least for the uninitiated: were we still dealing with a work of artthe bridgeor a work of art? How could we form an opinion? And should we even take all this seriously, which