Cette recherche de géographie rurale est consacrée à l'étude des paysages et des pratiques des agriculteurs en prenant pour champ géographique d'étude le bassin versant du Madon. Comprendre les élaborations actuelles des paysages en relation avec des stratégies agricoles plurifonctionnelles conciliables avec les nouvelles attentes qualitatives des territoires sont désormais au coeur de problématiques multiples et variées. Après avoir établi une cartographie précise, permettant de formuler l'identité paysagère des communes en caractérisant des paysages agricoles d'égale apparence, les règles liant les unités de paysages aux activités des agriculteurs sont fournies. Les unités paysagères décrites permettent de dresser des constats et des interrogations à propos des impacts des pratiques agricoles sur les paysages et la qualité de l'eau. Désormais, le défi de l'agriculture est de concilier la taille critique de la concurrence avec une ambition durable de l'agriculture. / This research about rural geography is to describe lanscape units of the watershed of the Madon located on the left bank of the Moselle river. To provide an understanding of the link between these lanscape units and the country population (mainly agricultors) activities. The first part of this research will present the tools and the methods used. It is mainly based on the description of the landscape of the watershed of the madon. From this description is drawn a lanscape map, allowing to differentiate precise lanscape typologies and identities for each village based on their landscape features. The second part of this research focus on explaining the historical and technical reasons which led to the differentiation of landscapes, showing the rules linking human activity and landscape and demonstrating the importance of agricultural activities in shaping landscapes. The third part will focus on the impact of agricultural practices on landscape and on water quality. Finally, I explained the future challenges of agriculture, teared between conflicting priorities

The ambition of the proposed paper is to summarize all of the up to date information regarding Byzantine types of Madonnas in art production of the Czech lands. First part of this work takes aim at the period of early to high Middle Ages, paying speccial attention to the first Marian depictions in some of the illuminated manuscripts of the 13th century showing deep influences by the contemporary Byzantine or Italo-Byzantine art. Second part of this paper deals with 14th century wood panel paintings, depicting half figures of Virgin Mary with or without her child Jesus, again the attention focuses on those showing close relations to eastern Icons. Final part of this work works with the herritage of the passed, rich era of Marian devotion, being reborn in Czech Barock religious practice. Keywords Madonna, Virgin Mary, illuminated manuscripts, 13th century, wood panel painting, 14th century, Icon, Byzantine influences, Barock