Virginie Hériot: Une navigatrice au sommet de l'Olympe. Beaux-arts 83 Erik Hornung Amenhotep III

83 Erik Hornung Amenhotep III as Renewer of the Sed-Festival

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Should we believe that the gods did not accept to resign themselves and wanted to share with mortals some of those moments of eternity of which they themselves did not hold the secret

long considered a minor art

Virginie Hériot: Une navigatrice au sommet de l'Olympe. Beaux-arts 83 Erik Hornung Amenhotep IIIVirginie Hriot (1890 1932) was introduced to sailing on prestigious yachts from a young age. A fierce competitor, she participated in crewed regattas throughout Europe and, in 1928, became the first French woman to win a gold medal in this discipline at the Olympic Games. This catalog, illustrated with extensive archival material, evokes the exceptional life of this ambassador of French yachting, who met an untimely death. It also describes a certain