L'Asturienne. Collections – Expositions une exigence de l’expressivité

une exigence de l’expressivité

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L'Asturienne. Collections – Expositions une exigence de l’expressivitéCaroline Lamarche unfolds the saga of a family that emerged in Lige at the beginning of the industrial revolution and pioneered zinc metallurgy in the Spanish province of Asturias. Traversing an era that heralded high flying capitalism and its attendant inequalities, she recounts the work and lives of these adventurers, at the forefront of a Europe still harboring dreams of expansion. The strong personalities she addresses, the female voices she