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Touch: The Painter's Hand
"Touch" presents the various "painter's hands" that characterize the artistic personalities of their owners. The film reviews the history of painting, highlighting two major, contrasting brushstroke...
Drawing: The Line at the Origin of Art
The drawn or engraved line—the most ancient artistic gesture—provides the basis for all art forms: painting, sculpture, architecture, etc. Mastery of the line was a prerequisite for the conquest of...
The Artist's Studio: An Art Laboratory
The film takes viewers into artists' studios—from the art classroom at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts to the individual painter's studio—and shows them to be places of creativity and liberty,...
Pigments: The Colors of the Earth, from Lascaux...
The use of paints of all kinds, from natural plant and mineral pigments to the chemical and industrial production of colors.
Available for sale on the publisher's website.
Supports: The Origin of Paintings
The film explores the history of the materials that have been used as supports for painting and decoration, with special emphasis on the most popular among them: the wood panel and the...
Surfaces: When Painting Takes to the Walls
"Surfaces" tells the story of how painters appropriated walls, in their quest to cover the largest possible surfaces.
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The Amusing Museum
Director(s): Alain Jaubert
The "Amusing Museum" series (for ages 5 and up) guides children's first steps in the world of art. Each film is based on a childhood theme, and is designed to sensitize children to visual creativity...