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The Metamorphoses of the Body
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): Sylvain Roumette
Genre
Documentary
Copyright
2002
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
Commercial distribution
France Télévision Distribution
This study of metamorphoses depicted in painting, sculpture, photography, and film endeavors to clarify our fascination with transformations of the human form.