Birth of Impressionism, The

Synopsis

Three films from the Palettes series devoted to great works in painting history. Thanks to recent developments in video animation technique, secrets of these images are revealed like thrilling adventures of discover. This volume covers the Impressionist artists ‘Edouard Manet - Model With Black Cat’, ‘Pierre-Auguste Renoir - The Lovely Summer Afternoons’ and ‘Claude Monet - The Colour Of The Instant’.

Manet - Olympia
A naked woman lying on a bed. A subject pertinent to paining history for the longest time. Yet, the Olympia created quite a scandal at the salon exhibition of 1865. This indecent woman staring back at the viewer defined the rules of classicism. Manet, already renowned because of his Dejeuner sur l’Herbe, which he had presented two years earlier at the "Salon des Refuses", became the hero of a younger generation that would go on to invent impressionism.

Renoir - Le bal du moulin de La Galette
A dance for the common people in the mills of Monmartre. A festival Sunday crowd during the summer of 1876. It was all Renoir needed to transform his paintings into a manifesto of a new movement. The Bal du Moulin de la Galette, first shown at the third Impressionist exhibition, was one of the few canvases to escape the mockery with which the painters of this new school were received.

Monet - Le bassin aux nympheas
In 1865, Claude Monet does his first paintings of the Japanese bridge that he has had constructed over a small pond dotted with water lilies. He returns to his subject a dozen times before his death in 1926. Monet works on several paintings simultaneously, intent on capturing every minor differentiation in the light falling on the bridge, the water the leaves and the flowers. He subsequently exhibits the paintings together: it is from these that the modern concept of a series originates

Series

Palettes, Series

Language

English

Country

France

Year of release

2002

Subjects

Art

Keywords

Impressionism; Manet, Edouard (1832-1883); Monet, Claude (1840-1926); Renoir, Pierre Auguste

Credits

Director

Alain Jaubert

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£19.99

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

90 min

Year

2012

Sections

Title

Manet: Olympia - model with black cat

Synopsis

A naked woman lying on a bed has been a favourite subject for paintings over the centuries. Yet the Olympia created quite a scandal at the salon exhibition of 1865.

Duration

30 mins

Technical information

Colour

Title

Renoir: Le bal du moulin de La Galette

Synopsis

The Bal du Moulin de la Galette transformed Renoir’s painting into a manifesto of a new movement. It was first shown at the third Impressionists exhibition and was one of the few canvases to escape the viscous mockery with which the painters of this new school were received.

Duration

30 mins

Title

Monet: Le bassin aux nymphéas

Synopsis

Between 1895 and 1926 Claude Monet produced several paintings of the Japanese bridge he had constructed over a small pond dotted with waterlines. He worked on several paintings at a time, intent on capturing every minor differentiation in the light falling on the bridge, the water, the leaves and the flowers. He subsequently exhibited the paintings together, and from these the modern concept of a series originated.

Duration

30 mins

Production Company

Name

Sept Vidéo, La

Address

France

Sponsor

Name

Centre National de la Cinématographie

Distributor

Name

Quantum Leap

Notes

Ceased trading in 2018.

 

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