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Paris, 1824
Director(s): Jacques Deschamps
In the early 19th century, France was marked by a series of political upheavals and widespread social changes. At the Salon of 1824, Delacroix and the Romantics introduced a new aesthetic sensibility...
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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Assisi, circa 1300
Director(s): Jacques Deschamps
The preacher Francis of Assisi died at the age of 44, having devoted his life to the radical vow of poverty. Throughout the 13th century, Italy's most gifted artists visited Assisi in search of a new...
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...