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Detailed description :Art history

Drawing: The Line at the Origin of Art

Lines, Shapes, Colors series

 The documentary series "Lines, Shapes, Colors" covers several centuries of the history of painting and drawing with a study of the development of techniques. The result is a mini encyclopedia of pictorial techniques which takes a scientific yet sensitive approach to art history.

Director(s): Marie-José Jaubert, Alain Jaubert

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 form.

 

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Genre

Documentary

Copyright

2003

Length

26 minutes

Producer(s)

Paul Saadoun, Palette Production

Co-producer(s)

CNRS Images/média, France 5, Musée du Louvre

DVD edition

Éditions Montparnasse

Commercial distribution

Europe Images International

Non-commercial distribution

Heure Exquise

Images de la Culture – CNC