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Bruges, 1434

Bruges, 1434

Director(s): Jean-Loïc Portron

In the 15th century, in the Flemish city of Bruges, Giovanni Arnolfini commissioned Jan Van Eyck to produce a painting of his wedding. The resulting work—a panel portrait painted in oil—heralded the...
Rome, 1785

Rome, 1785

Director(s): Jean-Loïc Portron

Jacques-Louis David's painting The Oath of the Horatii, presented in Rome in 1785, would come to be seen as the manifesto of neoclassicism. The film investigates this aesthetic turning point, which...