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Representations of Death
Art Scenarios series
Editor(s) of the series: Alain Bergala
This series aims to analyze the major themes of painting with concepts generally applied to film. "The collection is not a catalog, still less an encyclopedia. Each film sets out freely on the paths of art history" (Alain Bergala).
Director(s): Alain Bergala
Genre
Documentary
Copyright
2001
Length
26 minutes
Producer(s)
Dominique Gibrail, Les Films du Tambour de Soie
Co-producer(s)
Musée d’Orsay, Centre Pompidou, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, La Cinquième / France 5, Musée du Louvre
The theme of death has always haunted painters, sculptors, and photographers. Throughout art history, images of death have both intrigued and inspired, playing a decisive role in the evolution of representations of the body.