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Villa Vauban - Musée d'Art de la Ville de Luxembourg
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Presentation and guided tour

Since ancient times, green has been appreciated for its symbolism of vegetation and regeneration, associated with Osiris and Sobek in Egypt, and with Venus among the Romans. In the Middle Ages, it became the color of courtly love but is chemically unstable, symbolizing vanity and betrayal.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, green was seen as frivolous and immoral, although some kings appreciated it as decoration. With the Industrial Revolution, green became popular thanks to chemical advances. However, the green pigment invented by Scheele, containing arsenic, proved deadly, causing many deaths in the 19th century, particularly among women wearing green dresses, nicknamed "Femmes Fatales".

Art historian Nathalie Becker takes you on a presentation followed by a guided tour into the world of “assassin” green.

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