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The children discuss the work The Arnolfini Husband and Wife by Jan Van Eyck. His creation is a wedding picture. Well, almost a wedding painting, because at the time, 600 years ago, photography didn't exist. But this painting has so much detail that it's like a photo before the photo. The fashion trends of the time in the…

In this episode, the children discuss the work Monstrous Landscapes number 55 by Léopold Chauveau. Léopold Chauveau was born in France and was not an artist at all, but a doctor. Léopold had two secret passions: art and monsters. To create these strange creatures, he was inspired by diseases and deformities. The mixture of ugliness…

The children discuss the work Ballet by Edgar Degas. Edgar was a workaholic, and he painted over 1400 dancers! He was a bit obsessive about dancers, but what interested him most about dance was movement. And since it is difficult to paint someone who moves, he spent long hours backstage at the opera watching the dancers, taking notes,…

In this episode, the children discuss the painting The Raft of the Medusa by Theodore Géricault. This 200-year-old painting caused a huge scandal when it was first released. It represents one of the most horrific episodes in French history. The shipwreck of the Medusa. Obviously, Theodore was very shocked by this event, and he wanted…

In this episode, the children discuss the work Self-Portrait as Allegory in the painting of Artemisia Gentileschi. In her time, feminism was not won. Artemisia lived in Italy over 400 years ago, in the seventeenth century. In those days, being a woman and an artist was tense. She was not allowed to buy painting materials, not allowed…

The children discuss Grant Wood's American Gothic. This is the most famous painting in the United States. It is even a symbol for Americans. Grant loved to draw. In order to paint these characters as realistically as possible, Grant would even use real people as models. This particular work depicts his sister Nan and his dentist…

In this episode, the children discuss the painting The Balcony by Édouard Manet. This painting is the work of one of the most scandalous artists in art history. Manet has fun painting women naked. And that, it does not pass! The critics of the time said that the painting lacked precision, and this, for the characters. The other…

In this episode, the children discuss Raphael's Sistine Madonna. In this painting, the Virgin Mary is shown holding the Christ Child in her arms on a cloud while a saint, a woman and two cherubs are shown. Raphael painted many religious scenes and is known as the Prince of Painters.

Children discuss the painting Liberty Guiding the People by Eugene Delacroix. This painting represents one of the most famous scenes of revolt in the history of French painting. A painting that smells of gunpowder and revolt. A great work, both by its size, more than 2 meters by 3, and by its fame. This painting is 'Liberty…

In this episode, the children discuss the painting The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David. This painting represents a crime scene. One of the most famous scenes in French history. When David painted this picture, he was very sad. His friend Jean-Paul Marat had just been murdered. He managed to create a masterpiece from a murder in…

The children discuss the painting The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. This painting is not just a dinner party with friends that goes wrong. It is the very last meal of Jesus Christ surrounded by his 12 apostles. In the Catholic religion, this last meal has a very special name: the Last Supper. It is also the name of this work of…

In this episode, the children discuss the painting The Queen in a White Muslin Dress by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. This painting depicts a woman with a perfect complexion, clear eyes and a rosy mouth. This is not a simple portrait but the ancestor of filters. The kind of filter that makes you look ten years younger, irresistible! You…

In this episode, the children discuss the work of Victor Hugo by Gaspard-Felix Tournachon, better known by his artist name, Nadar. This photo is one of the very first photos. It is a photo of one of the greatest stars of literature, Victor Hugo, taken by one of the greatest stars of photography. He made his name by doing caricatures…

In this episode, the children discuss the work Arearea (also known as Joyeusetés) by Paul Gauguin. For the French painter Paul Gauguin, if paradise existed on earth, it might look like this. What Gauguin liked to paint above all was wild places, preserved from modernization. In his painting, Gauguin wanted to show the world in its…

The children discuss the work Children's Games by Pieter Bruegel. This painting shows several children doing various activities in small groups in a large outdoor courtyard. Unfortunately, almost nothing is known about this artist except that he lived over 450 years ago in the sixteenth century. Pieter's paintings have a…