With a tiny and delicate paintbrush, Jean Fouquet adds the golden threads of a tentative humanism to "The Martyrdom of Saint Apollonia" (circa 1450) and unveils a glimmer of the modern era, crouching behind the horizon of the Middle Ages. This film analyzes the illumination for clues of what Fouquet sought to convey to viewers. Completed for a book of hours commissioned by one of Charles VIII's financial advisors, it portrays Apollonia's martyrdom as a mystery play- theatrical performances of Biblical stories popular in medieval towns- to distance viewers from the act of violence. The film also discusses Fouquet's journey to Italy, where he learned about perspective from Renaissance artists, and talks about his propaganda work as the Hundred Years' War drew to a close.
Season 1
The Moneylender and his Wife (1514) by Quentin Massys The Artist's Studio (1855) by Gustave Courbet Bathers at Asniers (1884) by Georges Seurat Las Meninas (1665) by Diego Velazquez The Wedding at Cana (1563) by Paolo Veronese The Martyrdom of Saint Appolonia (1461) by Jean Fouquet A Lady in Her Bath (1571) by Francois Clouet Marie-Antoinette de Lorraine-Habsbourg, Queen of France and Her Children (1787) by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun Women of Algiers in Their Apartment (1834) by Eugène Delacroix Colorful Life (1907) by Wassily Kandinsky Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? 1897, Paul Gauguin Temptations of St. Anthony, 1501, Hieronymus Bosch Western Port in Frankfurt am Main, 1916, Ludwig Kirchner Lady and the Unicorn, Circa 1500, Anonymous The Primavera, 1482, Sandro Botticelli The Astronomer (1668) by Johannes Vermeer The Night Watch (1642) by Rembrandt Van Rijn The Second of May 1808 (1814) by Francisco Goya Women on a Café Terrace in the Evening (1877) by Edgar Degas View of Warsaw From the Terrace of the Royal Palace (1773) by Bernardo Bellotto Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, 1876, Renoir Pulcinella and Acrobats, 1797, Tiepolo The Slave Ship, 1840, J.M. Turner Men of the Docks, 1912, Bellows
The Moneylender and his Wife (1514) by Quentin Massys The Artist's Studio (1855) by Gustave Courbet Bathers at Asniers (1884) by Georges Seurat Las Meninas (1665) by Diego Velazquez The Wedding at Cana (1563) by Paolo Veronese The Martyrdom of Saint Appolonia (1461) by Jean Fouquet A Lady in Her Bath (1571) by Francois Clouet Marie-Antoinette de Lorraine-Habsbourg, Queen of France and Her Children (1787) by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun Women of Algiers in Their Apartment (1834) by Eugène Delacroix Colorful Life (1907) by Wassily Kandinsky Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? 1897, Paul Gauguin Temptations of St. Anthony, 1501, Hieronymus Bosch Western Port in Frankfurt am Main, 1916, Ludwig Kirchner Lady and the Unicorn, Circa 1500, Anonymous The Primavera, 1482, Sandro Botticelli The Astronomer (1668) by Johannes Vermeer The Night Watch (1642) by Rembrandt Van Rijn The Second of May 1808 (1814) by Francisco Goya Women on a Café Terrace in the Evening (1877) by Edgar Degas View of Warsaw From the Terrace of the Royal Palace (1773) by Bernardo Bellotto Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, 1876, Renoir Pulcinella and Acrobats, 1797, Tiepolo The Slave Ship, 1840, J.M. Turner Men of the Docks, 1912, Bellows
Smart Secrets of Great Paintings - Season 1 Episode 6 The Martyrdom of Saint Appolonia (1461) by Jean Fouquet
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