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SMART SECRETS SeriesApril 2017

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SMART SECRETS OF GREAT PAINTINGSThis collection explores history of art in a totally new way. Each filmis a journey, an investigation and an adventure. The painting comesto life, as animation overrides the limits of the frame, taking us to theheart of the canvass and plunging us into its era and history.

AUTHORSElizabeth COUTURIER, Yves NILLY

DIRECTORSCarlos FRANKLIN, Clement COGITORE

COPRODUCERSLES POISSONS VOLANTS, ARTE FRANCE

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The great works of the past portray abundant testimonies, and are imbued with secretsand are teeming with mysteries. Beneath the surface of the painting, details awaken,to recount the spirit of the times and the vagaries of History, such as wars, revolutions,economic transformation, scientific discovery, beliefs and schools of thought.

LIST OF EPISODES01 - THE MONEYLENDER AND HIS WIFE

(1514) BY QUENTIN MASSYS

03 - BATHERS AT ASNIERES (1884) BY

GEORGES SEURAT

05 - THE WEDDING AT CANA (1563) BY

PAOLO VERONESE

07 - THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINT

APPOLONIA (1461) BY JEAN FOUQUET

09 - WOMEN OF ALGIERS IN THEIR

APARTMENT (1834) BY EUGENE

DELACROIX

11 - WHERE DO WE COME FROM? WHAT

ARE WE? WHERE ARE WE GOING? 1897,

PAUL GAUGUIN

13 - WESTERN PORT IN FRANKFURT AM

MAIN, 1916, LUDWIG KIRCHNER

15 - LADY AND THE UNICORN, CIRCA 1500

ANONYMOUS

18 - WOMEN ON A CAFÉ TERRACE IN THE

EVENING (1877) BY EDGAR DEGAS

20 - THE SECOND OF MAY 1808 (1814) BY

FRANCISCO GOYA

02 - LAS MENINAS (1665) BY DIEGO

VELAZQUEZ

04 - THE ARTIST 'S STUDIO (1855) BY

GUSTAVE COURBET

06 - MARIE-ANTOINETTE DE LORRAINE-

HABSBOURG, QUEEN OF FRANCE AND HER

CHILDREN (1787) BY LOUISE ELISABETH

VIGEE-LEBRUN

08 - COLORFUL LIFE (1907) BY WASSILY

KANDINSKY

10 - A LADY IN HER BATH (1571) BY

FRANCOIS CLOUET

12 - TEMPTATIONS OF ST. ANTHONY, 1501

HIERONYMUS BOSCH

14 - THE PRIMAVERA, 1482 SANDRO

BOTTICELLI

16 - THE ASTRONOMER (1668) BY

JOHANNES VERMEER

19 - THE NIGHT WATCH (1642) BY

REMBRANDT VAN RIJN

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01 - THE MONEYLENDER AND HIS WIFE(1514) BY QUENTIN MASSYS

16th century Antwerp was rather like 1950s New York. What was oncea city of craftsmen and fishermen at the entrance to the North Seabecame a leading finance hub.

DIRECTORSClement COGITORE, Carlos FRANKLIN

COPRODUCERSARTE FRANCE, LES POISSONS VOLANTS

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This work by Quentin Massys is a subtle criticism of that world and its era. The artist iswarning about the flow of money when it is detached from all form of religious and moralconsiderations.

02 - LAS MENINAS (1665) BY DIEGOVELAZQUEZ

In the mid-17th century, Madrid experienced its Golden Age. TheRoyal Alcazar of Madrid, a legacy of the Muslim sovereignty that haddominated the region for a long time, became the residence of theroyal family and the centre of the Spanish court.

DIRECTORCarlos FRANKLIN


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Diego VeláZquez' canvas plunges us into the practices and traditions of the Hapsburgs ofSpain. But more importantly, the work is a recursive reflection of reality: between model,viewer and artist, we no longer know who is looking at who.

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03 - BATHERS AT ASNIERES (1884) BYGEORGES SEURAT

At the end of the 19th century, Asnières resembled a seaside resort.The cheering crowd that came to attend the regattas animated thebanks of the Seine, and the rowing club was always full.



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When he painted his canvass, Georges Seurat understood that his current era was totallyturned towards a fascinating and ruthless religion: progress. Determined that art shouldnot remain left out of these drastic changes underway, he invented pointillism.

04 - THE ARTIST 'S STUDIO (1855) BYGUSTAVE COURBET

Paris shone brightly in the second half of the 19th century, withits fashionable restaurants, and its cabarets and theatres, whichprovided the spectacle of a carefree society. The industrial revolutionproduced wealth, and fortunes were amassed and lost.



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Gustave Courbet's work is politically involved and provocative. It reveals his support forrevolutionary movements, and condemns Napoleon III's authoritarian regime. In additionto its critical dimension, the canvas has an air of mystery, and depicts contradictions.

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05 - THE WEDDING AT CANA (1563) BYPAOLO VERONESE

In THE WEDDING AT CANA (1563), Paul Veronese transposes thebiblical tale of Christ's first miracle to the scene of a sumptuousVenetian banquet.



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In the painting, he glorifies the ancient, festive and unbridled city.

06 - MARIE-ANTOINETTE DELORRAINE-HABSBOURG, QUEEN OFFRANCE AND HER CHILDREN (1787) BYLOUISE ELISABETH VIGEE-LEBRUN

The Revolution is rumbling: the foul pamphlets aimed at "the Austrianwoman" must be eliminated.



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With MARIE-ANTOINETTE DE LORRAINE-HABSBOURG, QUEEN OF FRANCE ANDHER CHILDREN (1787), Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun attempts a campaign of seduction. Butit is far too late to win back the love of furious public opinion.

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07 - THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINTAPPOLONIA (1461) BY JEAN FOUQUET

With a tiny and delicate paintbrush, Jean Fouquet adds the goldenthreads of a tentative humanism to THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINTAPOLLINIA (circa 1450).

AUTHORElizabeth COUTURIER



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He unveils a glimmer of the modern era, crouching behind the horizon of the Middle Ages.

08 - COLORFUL LIFE (1907) BYWASSILY KANDINSKY

The roots of COLORFUL LIFE (1907), just like those of WassilyKandinsky himself, were firmly anchored in age-old Russian soil.




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And yet the painting contains all the elements that were to accompany the painter in thegreatest revolution in the history of art: the leap into abstraction.

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09 - WOMEN OF ALGIERS IN THEIRAPARTMENT (1834) BY EUGENEDELACROIX

With the war of colonisation raging, Eugène Delacroix was the firstartist to cross the Mediterranean.




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The naturalism of WOMEN OF ALGIERS IN THEIR APARTMENT (1834) takes us intothe calm and simplicity of a harem as Eugène Delacroix saw it with his own eyes.

10 - A LADY IN HER BATH (1571) BYFRANCOIS CLOUET

A LADY IN HER BATH (circa 1571), by François Clouet, bears witnessto a period in which the pleasure of the senses and the spirit werecaught up in religious conflict.




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It gave rise to the despotic canons of beauty.

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11 - WHERE DO WE COME FROM? WHATARE WE? WHERE ARE WE GOING? 1897,PAUL GAUGUIN

The reclusive Paul Gauguin painted Where do we come from? Whatare we? Where are we going? (1897) during his voluntary exile inTahiti, a lost paradise disfigured by colonial madness.




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This imaginary pantheon, which he considered to be his moral and artistic legacy,signalled the eruption of primal art into modern art.

13 - WESTERN PORT IN FRANKFURT AMMAIN, 1916, LUDWIG KIRCHNER

In the midst of World War I that wreaked bloody havoc on Europe,Ludwig Kirchner, one of the leaders of German Expressionism,painted Western Port in Frankfurt Am Main (1916) while convalescingin a sanatorium.


DIRECTORClement COGITORE


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His living nightmare is the premonition of the collapse of the Nation-State.

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14 - THE PRIMAVERA, 1482 SANDROBOTTICELLI

In the Florence of the Quattrocento, cradle of the Renaissance,Sandro Botticelli, the favourite painter of Lorenzo de Medici, knownas "Lorenzo the Magnficent", painted the majestic Allegory of Spring(circa 1482).


DIRECTORClement COGITORE


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This hymn to beauty celebrates a prince who chose to unite art and science to raise hiscity above all others.

15 - LADY AND THE UNICORN, CIRCA1500 ANONYMOUS

The Lady and the Unicorn (circa 1500) an anonymous work, is amysterious and enchanting series of six tapestries, considered to bea masterpiece of Western art.



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This metaphor for desire is a celebration of the five human senses and of a sixth, spiritualand humanist sense. The fantasy of the magical unicorn heralds the end of the FrenchMiddle Ages.

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16 - THE ASTRONOMER (1668) BYJOHANNES VERMEER

This work is full of allusions to the interplay between knowledgeand mystery, science and religion, the familiar and the unknown, theinward- and the outward-looking.




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The shaft of light that is Vermeer's hallmark and in which he excelled celebrates thefreedom of the age and the growth of humanism.

18 - WOMEN ON A CAFÉ TERRACE INTHE EVENING (1877) BY EDGAR DEGAS

This chiaroscuro social painting is a remarkable human record of latenineteenth-century Paris, its inhabitants and its private geography ata time of huge social and moral change.




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Degas' constant flitting between genres and from back-stage to front of stage enabled himto capture the fleeting nature of existence while creating an everlasting image of Paris.

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19 - THE NIGHT WATCH (1642) BYREMBRANDT VAN RIJN

This group portrait has come to symbolise the Golden Age of Dutchpainting.



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Painted at the height of Rembrandt's career, <em>The Night Watch</em> goes beyondportrayal of characters and transcends conventions, juxtaposing eras and populations ina supreme homage to the freedom and might of Amsterdam, epitomised by this joyfulmilitia company marching towards their destiny.

20 - THE SECOND OF MAY 1808 (1814)BY FRANCISCO GOYA

This is one of Goya's most famous works. A symbol of nationalindependence and identity to the Spanish, it is a tribute to peopleswho fight for their freedom.



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It depicts the Spanish patriots being charged by the Mamelukes - Egyptian mercenariesin the pay of the French army - and eloquently illustrates the shock of the onslaught andthe bloody repression of the uprising by the occupier.

THEMATIC INDEX

ARTS - CULTURE.............................................................SMART�SECRETS�OF�GREAT�PAINTINGS� � ...................................................................................... 601�-�THE�MONEYLENDER�AND�HIS�WIFE�(1514)�BY�QUENTIN�MASSYS� ............................................. 702�-�LAS�MENINAS�(1665)�BY�DIEGO�VELAZQUEZ� ................................................................................ 703�-�BATHERS�AT�ASNIERES�(1884)�BY�GEORGES�SEURAT� ............................................................... 804�-�THE�ARTIST�'S�STUDIO�(1855)�BY�GUSTAVE�COURBET� .............................................................. 805�-�THE�WEDDING�AT�CANA�(1563)�BY�PAOLO�VERONESE� .............................................................. 906� -� MARIE-ANTOINETTE� DE� LORRAINE-HABSBOURG,� QUEEN�OF� FRANCE� AND� HER� CHILDREN(1787)�BY�LOUISE�ELISABETH�VIGEE-LEBRUN�� ....................................................................................

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07�-�THE�MARTYRDOM�OF�SAINT�APPOLONIA�(1461)�BY�JEAN�FOUQUET.............................................. 1008�-�COLORFUL�LIFE�(1907)�BY�WASSILY�KANDINSKY� ........................................................................ 1009�-�WOMEN�OF�ALGIERS�IN�THEIR�APARTMENT�(1834)�BY�EUGENE�DELACROIX� .......................... 1110�-�A�LADY�IN�HER�BATH�(1571)�BY�FRANCOIS�CLOUET� � ............................................................ 1111�-�WHERE�DO�WE�COME�FROM?�WHAT�ARE�WE?�WHERE�ARE�WE�GOING?�1897,�PAUL�GAUGUIN � ...............................................................................................................................................................

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13�-�WESTERN�PORT�IN�FRANKFURT�AM�MAIN,�1916,�LUDWIG�KIRCHNER�� .............................. 1214�-�THE�PRIMAVERA,�1482�SANDRO�BOTTICELLI� � ........................................................................ 1315�-�LADY�AND�THE�UNICORN,�CIRCA�1500�ANONYMOUS� � ........................................................... 1316�-�THE�ASTRONOMER�(1668)�BY�JOHANNES�VERMEER� � ........................................................... 1418�-�WOMEN�ON�A�CAFÉ�TERRACE�IN�THE�EVENING�(1877)�BY�EDGAR�DEGAS� � ....................... 1419�-�THE�NIGHT�WATCH�(1642)�BY�REMBRANDT�VAN�RIJN� � ......................................................... 1520�-�THE�SECOND�OF�MAY�1808�(1814)�BY�FRANCISCO�GOYA� � ................................................... 15

ALPHABETICAL INDEX

01�-�THE�MONEYLENDER�AND�HIS�WIFE�(1514)�BY�QUENTIN�MASSYS................................................................ 702�-�LAS�MENINAS�(1665)�BY�DIEGO�VELAZQUEZ................................................................................................... 703�-�BATHERS�AT�ASNIERES�(1884)�BY�GEORGES�SEURAT.................................................................................. 804�-�THE�ARTIST�'S�STUDIO�(1855)�BY�GUSTAVE�COURBET.................................................................................. 805�-�THE�WEDDING�AT�CANA�(1563)�BY�PAOLO�VERONESE.................................................................................. 906�-�MARIE-ANTOINETTE�DE�LORRAINE-HABSBOURG,�QUEEN�OF�FRANCE�AND�HER�CHILDREN�(1787)�BYLOUISE�ELISABETH�VIGEE-LEBRUN�.........................................................................................................................

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07�-�THE�MARTYRDOM�OF�SAINT�APPOLONIA�(1461)�BY�JEAN�FOUQUET........................................................... 1008�-�COLORFUL�LIFE�(1907)�BY�WASSILY�KANDINSKY........................................................................................... 1009�-�WOMEN�OF�ALGIERS�IN�THEIR�APARTMENT�(1834)�BY�EUGENE�DELACROIX............................................ 1110�-�A�LADY�IN�HER�BATH�(1571)�BY�FRANCOIS�CLOUET...................................................................................... 1111�-�WHERE�DO�WE�COME�FROM?�WHAT�ARE�WE?�WHERE�ARE�WE�GOING?�1897,�PAUL�GAUGUIN............. 1213�-�WESTERN�PORT�IN�FRANKFURT�AM�MAIN,�1916,�LUDWIG�KIRCHNER�........................................................ 1214�-�THE�PRIMAVERA,�1482�SANDRO�BOTTICELLI.................................................................................................. 1315�-�LADY�AND�THE�UNICORN,�CIRCA�1500�ANONYMOUS..................................................................................... 1316�-�THE�ASTRONOMER�(1668)�BY�JOHANNES�VERMEER..................................................................................... 1418�-�WOMEN�ON�A�CAFÉ�TERRACE�IN�THE�EVENING�(1877)�BY�EDGAR�DEGAS................................................ 1419�-�THE�NIGHT�WATCH�(1642)�BY�REMBRANDT�VAN�RIJN................................................................................... 1520�-�THE�SECOND�OF�MAY�1808�(1814)�BY�FRANCISCO�GOYA............................................................................. 15SMART�SECRETS�OF�GREAT�PAINTINGS................................................................................................................. 6

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