Yves Morvan (French: iv moʁɑ̃; born January 13, 1932, in

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) is a French

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, specialist of the

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and of the

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. He is also a restorer, sculptor of religious characters,Hélène Leroy, Francis Debaisieux, Yves Morvan, ''Vierges romanes-Portraits croisés'', Éditions Debaisieux, 2009. p.45. as well as member of the Academy of Science, Literature and Arts of

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Biography

During more than 40 years he worked on the

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from

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. His works are quoted by numerous experts in various books. He undertook an important work of archaeology and discovered numerous

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s in the churches of the region. He realized more than three hundred archeological explorations and restorations of romanesque murals. In its novel " La chapelle des damnés " Samuel Gance named the main character Ivo Varmon which is Yves Morvan's anagram. In 2015, in a book on the colors harmony, he denounces The Michel-Eugène Chevreul's Laws of Contrast of Colour.

Books

* Yves Morvan, ''Pascal à Mirefleurs ? Les dessins de la maison de Domat'', Courrier du Centre International Blaise Pascal, 6, 1984. * Yves Morvan, ''La peste noire à Jenzat'', in Bulletin historique et scientifique de l'Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, vol. 92, n° 682, 1984. * Yves Morvan, ''La maison de l'Éléphant'', Bulletin historique et scientifique de l'Auvergne, vol. 92, n° 683, 1984. * Yves Morvan, Ezio Arduini, ''Pascal à Mirefleurs ? Les dessins de la maison de Domat'', Impr. Blandin, 1985.(FRBNF40378895) * Yves Morvan, ''Montfermy : les peintures murales du sanctuaire'', Bulletin historique et scientifique de l'Auvergne, vol. 93, n°689, 1986. * Yves Morvan, ''Pascal d'après nature'', Bulletin historique et scientifique de l'Auvergne, tome XCIII, n° 692-693, 1987. * Yves Morvan, ''Récentes découvertes de peintures murales dans l'église Saint-Martin de Jenzat (Allier)'', Société Française d'Archéologie, Congrès archéologique de France, 146ème session, Bourbonnais, 1988. * Yves Morvan, Bruno Saunier, ''Peintures murales du XIIe au XVIIIe (principaux sites)'', Association pour l'Étude et la Mise en Valeur du Patrimoine Auvergnat, 1989. * Yves Morvan, ''Images anciennes et nouvelles de Blaise Pascal, souvenir de l’exposition'', Courrier du Centre International Blaise Pascal, 13, 1991. * Yves Morvan, ''Les peintures de la salle capitulaire d'Issoire'', Revue d'Auvergne, Volume 106, Numéro 3. Société des amis de l'Université de Clermont. Ed. G. Mont-Louis, 1992.() * Yves Morvan, ''Des témoins ressuscités'', Monuments historiques, n° 197, 1995. * Yves Morvan, ''Une page de l'histoire des chemins de Saint-Jacques en Haute-Auvergne'' in ''Vivre en moyenne montagne'': Éditions du CTHS, 1995 () * Yves Morvan, ''Les peintures intérieures'', Bulletin n°26 de l'association des amis du vieux Pont-du-Château, 1995. * Yves Morvan, ''Et c'est ainsi qu'

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est grande... Découverte de peintures murales dans l'église Saint-Vincent de Saint-Flour'', Bulletin historique et scientifique de l'Auvergne, tome XCIX, 1998. * Catherine Lonchambon, Yves Morvan, ''Des peintures murales inattendues et insolites: Merveilles de l'église de Pignols''. Histoire et Images médiévales. n°47, 2003. * Yves Morvan, ''La Sirène et la luxure''; Communication du Colloque "La luxure et le corps dans l'art roman". Mozac. 2008. * Hélène Leroy, Francis Debaisieux, Yves Morvan, ''Vierges romanes-Portraits croisés'', Éditions Debaisieux, 2009.(). * Yves Morvan, ''La vision et l'harmonie des couleurs (Nouveaux regards)'', Éditions Ex Aequo, 2015.() * Yves Morvan, ''Le Christ noir de Saint-Flour'', Bulletin historique et scientifique de l’Auvergne, 2017. * Yves Morvan, ''White paint and black color in the Middle Ages'',

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(AIC) Conference 2020.

Archeological works

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of the romanesque church of Orléat. * Murals of the Aigueperse church. * Murals of the

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Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption of Clermont-Ferrand. * Frescoes of the 14th century in the Romanesque church of

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. * Saint-Léger church of Montfermy. * Saint-Martin church of

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. * Murals of the XVIth in the Charraix church. *

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and a hunting scene on the south wall of the

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church. * Murals of the church of Pignols.L'église attend toujours son classement. La Montagne. 27 juillet 1992. * Saint Vincent church of

Saint-Flour Saint-Flour (; Auvergnat: ''Sant Flor'') is a commune in the south-central French department of Cantal, approximately 100 km south of Clermont-Ferrand. Its inhabitants are called ''Sanflorains''. Geography The upper city (''ville haut ...

. * Saint Vincent

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of Saint-Flour: scene with Saint James. *

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's church in Saint-Amant-Roche-Savine. * Restoration and discovery of new blazons in the " Room of States " of the

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Exhibitions and works

* ''Dix ans de découvertes et de restauration'', Pignols church. July–August 1992. * ''Art Sacré'', Sellier Gallery, Aurillac. November–December 2007. * ''Images anciennes et nouvelles de Blaise Pascal''. Espace municipal Pierre Laporte,

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. 1990. * Painting of the "Ici sévit Mandrin" fresco on the Mandrin' door in Brioude. * Copies of the romanesque virgins of

Saint-Victor-la-Rivière Saint-Victor-la-Rivière () is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 463 communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department of France ...

,''Une reproduction de Notre-Dame de Saint-Victor-la-Rivière installée dans l’édifice du XIIe siècle'

/ref> of Chassignolles, Haute-Loire, Chassignolles, of the

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, of Colamine-sous-Vodable, of Usson, among others.

References

* Anne Courtillé, La Cathédrale de Clermont, Créer, 1994 () * Louis Passelaigue, Histoire des rues de Clermont et Montferrand, De Borée, 1997 () * Anne Courtillé, Auvergne, Bourbonnais, Velay gothiques: les édifices religieux, Picard, 2002 () * Anne Courtillé, Auvergne et Bourbonnais gothiques, Volume 1, Créer, 1991 () * Bulletin d'histoire bénédictine, vol.12. Abbaye de Maredsous, 1991. * Léon Pressouyre et collectif, Vivre en moyenne montagne : Comité des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques, Éditions du CTHS, 1995 () * Société des amis de l'Université de Clermont, La Vierge à l'époque romane: culte et représentations : Revue d'Auvergne, Volume 111, Typ. et lithog. G. Mont-Louis, 1997 * Thérèse Goyet, L'accès aux Pensées de Pascal : colloque scientifique et pédagogique tenu à Clermont-Ferrand, Klincksieck, 1993 () * Société d'histoire ecclésiastique de la France. Revue d'histoire de l'église de France, Volume 79, Numéros 202 à 203. 1993. * Centre européen d'art et de civilisation médiévale, Société des lettres, sciences et arts de l'Aveyron. Enfer et paradis: l'au-delà dans l'art et la littérature en Europe : actes du colloque. Ed. Le centre. 1995. * Heidrun Stein-Kecks, Heidrun Stein, Der Kapitelsaal in der mittelalterlichen Klosterbaukunst: Studien zu den Bildprogrammen,

Deutscher Kunstverlag The Deutscher Kunstverlag (DKV) is an educational publishing house with offices in Berlin and Munich. The publisher specializes in books about art, cultural history, architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and bu ...

, 2004 () * Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Clermont-Ferrand, Bulletin historique et scientifique de l'Auvergne, Numéros 732 à 735, Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Clermont-Ferrand, 1997 * Société Française d'Archéologie, Bulletin Monumental, t. 156, 1998 * Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Clermont-Ferrand, Bulletin historique et scientifique de l'Auvergne, Numéros 736 à 739, Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Clermont-Ferrand, 1998 * Société Française d'Archéologie, Congrès archéologique de France, vol. 158, 2003 * Anne Courtillé, Histoire de la peinture murale dans l'Auvergne du Moyen Âge, Watel Editions, 2000 () * Brigitte Mézard, Bruno Saunier, Musée national du Luxembourg (France), Les Majestés du Cantal: images de la Vierge en Haute-Auvergne, Conseil général du Cantal, 1992, 201 p. () * Bruno Phalip, Auvergne et Bourbonnais gothiques: le cadre civil, Picard, 2003, 263 p. () * Anne Courtillé, Marie en Auvergne, Bourbonnais et Velay, De Borée, 1997 () * Annie Regond, La peinture murale du 16e siècle dans la région auvergne, Institut d'études du Massif Central, 1983 * Dominique de Larouzière-Montlosier, L'invention romane en Auvergne: de la poutre à la voûte (fin Xe-XIe siècle), Institut d'études du Massif Central, 2003 * Università di Perugia. Centro di studi sulla spiritualità medievale, La pesta nera: dati di una realtà ed elementi di una interpretazione, Fondazione CISAM, 1994 () * Société d'histoire ecclésiastique de la France, Revue d'histoire de l'Église de France, Vol. 71 à 72, Société d'histoire ecclésiastique de la France, 1985 *

Getty Research Institute The Getty Research Institute (GRI), located at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, is "dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts".

, CNRS-INIST, Bibliography of the history of art: BHA, Volume 4, Numéro 2, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut de l'information scientifique et technique, 1994 * Sandrine Delvert-Billaud, ''La peinture murale de la fin du moyen âge'', Ed. du Centre international d'art mural, 2000, p. 38.

Example of an archaeological discovery and restoration of a mural painting in Saint-Amant-Roche-Savine

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References

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