Tensions between painting and sculpture in Ce qui ne meurt pas

Ce qui ne meurt pas does not escape an implicit comparison between painting and sculpture. There are correspondences, but above all a constant rivalry between painting and sculpture, between interior and exterior décor. The characters, Allan, Iseult de Scudemor and Camille, are referred to a resolutely Romantic pictorial aesthetic, yet ancient and allegorical sculpture systematically punctuate the story's major events.