Synopsis: L’ Hotel de Soubise et l’hôtel de Rohan in the Marais district in Paris are two interpretations of the same model, the one of the private mansion “à la française”. Built by the same...

Synopsis: "Queen of citadels" of Vauban is the model of the military constructions which are marking out France. The citadel of Lille is built between 1668 and 1671 at the request of Louis XIV, on...

Synopsis: The works of Leonardo da Vinci's are part of the most famous pieces in the museum ; however, art historians still have to resolve many questions, for example : who were the recipients of...

Synopsis: In this episode devoted to Watteau Juliette Garcias and Stan Neumann invite us to share the questions of scientists about two major paintings: Pierrot and Embarkation for Cythera, without...

Synopsis: Was Rembrandt's painting Le boeuf écorché commissioned by a butcher? Are certain of his paintings "copies"—mechanical reproductions of originals by the master, produced in his lifetime? Are...

Djoser's pyramid, the oldest Egyptian pyramid (2600 BC), can be considered to represent the birth of what is now known as "architecture"—i.e. a skilled practice distinct from mere building—which thus...

The Château de Maisons-Laffitte, with its gently sloping French-style garden, overlooks the river Seine. Its construction represented a turning point in "château" architecture, and Maisons-Lafitte...

The early 17th-century Royal Mosque in Isfahan—a masterpiece of Persian architecture—resembles a petrified garden on a desert plateau. Oriented toward Mecca, it is a clearly religious edifice that is...