With the museum’s third, extensive exhibition about anthropology, you’ll learn about the ‘image factory’ that involves all five continents.
With over 160 pieces on display, you’ll learn to understand what is not immediately evident in an image, thanks to a study of some of humanity’s most important art and objects.

The understanding of images is based on four different models of iconography created by humans, totemism, naturalism, animism and analogism. Each part of the world evolved its own iconography, reflecting the four broad worldviews of Africa, Europe of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the Americas Amazonian Indians and Inuit of Alaska, and Australian Aborigines. This new exhibition explains the difference between these ways of seeing the world, and how they relate to Man’s evolution and his relationship with his environment.

It’s fascinating to see how images can reflect a deeply pondered approach to the world. If you are interested in different cultures and the evolution of iconography, this exhibition is a must.

The exhibition La fabrique des images (The Image Factory) is at the Musée Quai Branly (here) from 16th February – 11th July 2010.

Open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sunsays from 11am – 7pm, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 11am – 9pm. Closed Mondays, except 22nd February, 1st March, and the 5th, 12th, 19th and 26rth April. Admission 8.50€ / 6€

For more information: www.quaibranly.fr