As the war of colonization raged in Algeria, Eugene Delacroix was the first French artist to cross the Mediterranean. The naturalism of "Women of Algiers in Their Apartment," painted in 1834, takes us into the calm and simplicity of a harem as Delacroix saw it with his own eyes. This documentary looks at his attempts to counter Orientalist fantasies of Middle Eastern women held by European society and discusses his admiration of Lord Byron. It also details his journey through Morocco and Algeria as part of a French diplomatic mission, during which he witnessed the realities of North African culture that inspired him to document and recreate the scene of three sisters in their private quarters.
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 9 Women of Algiers in Their Apartment (1834) by Eugène Delacroix
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