Conclusion du colloque

Abstract

The relationship of Gaston d’Orléans and his entourage with Antiquity is experienced above all as a living dialogue that gives meaning to the present, a shared culture revisited in the light of the aristocratic culture of the early 17th century. Antiquity, through its objects, texts and scholarly commentaries, nourished an imagination of power and war, and the reinvestment of ancient genres contributed to the elaboration of a reflection of oneself through the imitation of the Ancients, to the point of constructing a sociability through spectacles and published fictions. This concern for self-affirmation through the Antique around Gaston d’Orléans reveals, more than a political opposition, a counter-alleys of power.

Keywords

• Orléans (Gaston d’)
• imagination
• representation
• curiosity
• collecting
• education