The Language of Walls: Prints from China to Notre-Dame

Description

The technique of rubbing allows one to capture, using a sheet of paper and often a little ink, the texture of a surface or an object. Traditionally used in China to reproduce texts and inscriptions, it has, over time, lent itself to many other uses. The album The Language of Walls. Rubbings from China to Notre-Dame offers an overview of the diversity of practices, ranging from Chinese rubbings of the late 19th and early 20th centuries to impressions of the stone inscriptions and graffiti on the walls of Notre-Dame de Paris-created during its restoration-as well as rubbings and impressions made in 19th-century workshops and the experimental works of Jean Dubuffet. Contributors: Béatrice Quette, Curator, Head of Asian and Islamic Collections Valentine Dubard de Gaillarbois, Curator-Restorer of Graphic Arts Cécile Huguet-Broquet, Curator-Restorer of Graphic Arts Lia Wei, Associate Professor, National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (Inalco) Michela Bussotti, Director of Studies, French School of the Far East (EFEO) Santiago Hardy, Rope access technician at the Notre-Dame construction site Delphine Syvilay, Engineer