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Watteau
Title
Watteau [electronic resource (video)] / ARTE France.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2014], c2012.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (52 min.) : sd., col.
Local Notes
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Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on February 01, 2014.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
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Summary
The artist who created the fete galante painting style achieved wide recognition during his lifetime, and yet virtually all of Antoine Watteau's major works are cloaked in mystery, raising unanswered questions as to their origins, provenances, and meanings. Should his Pilgrimage to Cythera be interpreted as an arrival or a departure? Why, and for whom, was the no less innovative Pierrot (or Gilles) brought into being? Is the air of melancholy that envelops typically light-hearted subjects an artifact from Watteau's era, perhaps even a hint of his innermost self, or is it merely a side effect of our modern perspective? These questions and many others are woven into the Rococo master's legacy. To address them the Louvre initiated its Watteau Study Days, documented here in this fascinating film. Viewers are shown highlights from a 48-hour period in which important works were taken down from the walls and out of their frames, then subjected to detailed study by leading art historians.
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Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: ARTE France, 2012.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Hidden Lives of Works of Art
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
12 & up.
Contents
Antoine Watteau (2:14)
Studying Antoine Watteau in Natural Light (2:19)
"Pierrot, Formally Known as Gilles" (3:21)
Behind "Pierrot" (2:13)
No Known Story (2:20)
Art Terminology (0:46)
Fêtes Galantes (2:07)
Ambiguous Engraving (3:09)
"The Embarkation for Cythera" (3:56)
Berlin vs. Paris Version (1:49)
Debating the Original (2:50)
"Diana at her Bath" (2:52)
"Portrait of a Gentleman" (3:39)
Watteau's Wood Paintings (3:00)
Wood Panels (3:29)
"Assembly in a Park" (5:04)
Disagreement on "Gilles" (4:59)
Credits: Watteau: Hidden Lives of Works of Art (0:44)
Videorecording number
53604 Infobase
53599s Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
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ARTE France.
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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