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The Khorsabad Bulls
Sculptures series
The "Sculptures" series is designed to inform our perception of seminal works of art from different periods. In each episode, a sculpture from the museum is situated in its historical context and observed from all sides in its three-dimensionality.
Director(s): Martin Fraudreau
Genre
Documentary
Copyright
1996
Length
26 minutes
Producer(s)
Stéphane Millière et Philippe Savary, Gédéon Programmes ; Pierre Coural, Musée du Louvre
Co-producer(s)
Réunion des Musées Nationaux, France Supervision, NHK, Beta System, avec la participation du Ministère de la Culture et de la Francophonie
Selections / Awards
Architectural Education Award at the Festival of Art and Educational Films, UNESCO, Paris, 2001
The mysterious anthropomorphic sculptures (winged bulls with human heads) from the palace of Sargon II of Assyria.
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