Founded in 1921, consolidated in the '30s by merging with three editors of philosophy (Alcan), history (Leroux) and literature (Rieder), Presses Universitaires de France today organize their ...

Fernand Léger designed the set and costumes for the 1923 ballet "La création du monde," inspired by African art and iconography. Léger's sketches and drawings together with the African sculptures that ...

Milhaud’s dance score, inventively blending Harlem jazz with cutting-edge Western classical music, helped fuel the early 1920s Parisian rage for African and Afro-American art, fashion, dance and music ...