MORT DE SARDANAPALE (LA)

SÉRIE "ENQUÊTE D'ART"

of CARO Sam

FRANCE, 2006, 00:26:00

Production : ECLECTIC PRODUCTION, FRANCE 5, MUSEE DU LOUVRE
Collection : Musée du Louvre
Genre : Documentary
Keyword : History of art, Painting, Pedagogy

Summary :
Exhibited at the Salon, this monumental painting by Delacroix has been immediately a scandal. Its presentation indeed marks a significant date in the history of a French Romantic movement still in its infancy. Art of feeling, of realism and of plastic tension, it is a kind of manifesto of romantic painting.

"The "Enquête d'art " series questions nine artworks of the museum: what are the contexts and conditions of manufacture? Which characters have shaped their destinies? How these artworks have been designed? How did they enter the Louvre? A didactic voiceover offers a precious light on the technical terms used by specialists in their description of art. Each film is a survey in form of travel, aiming at following the course of an artwork and to reconnect with its roots."

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