00:00Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
00:30Byzantium still makes people dream today.
00:33A dream, a myth, nourished by the masterpieces it bequeathed to us,
00:38such as Hagia Sophia in Istanbul,
00:41Daphne in Greece,
00:44or Ravenna in Italy.
00:51Today, archaeologists, historians, and scientists
00:54are re-examining its treasures to better grasp the complexity
00:57of this millennial empire that draws its roots
01:00between East and West, between antiquity and the Middle Ages.
01:06It's magnificent. The colors stand out.
01:09It restores all its majesty.
01:15At the Louvre, the largest museum in the world,
01:20the opening of a new department dedicated to the arts of Byzantium
01:23and Eastern Christianity offers researchers
01:26an unprecedented field
01:27to re-examine the heritage of this civilization.
01:32We are lucky to be standing before these icons?
01:34Yes. And this one is particularly beautiful and interesting.
01:39At the heart of their research,
01:41these images of singular power
01:43that forge the character of Byzantium
01:45and which bear witness to its radiance,
01:48to its radiance, its beliefs.
01:51The images, they bleed,
01:53they weep, they heal,
01:55they protect cities against invaders, for example.
02:02Spiritual and symbolic works,
02:04but also political ones
02:07that have forged Byzantium
02:09and durably shaken the history of our continent.
02:13We must rediscover Byzantium,
02:15re-interpret it to the extent
02:16that it has, I believe, much to teach us
02:18about who we are today in Europe.
02:21Thank you.
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