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S1 E21
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2020

Children discuss the work The Bayeux Tapestry is the oldest comic book in the world. It is over 900 years old. It is 68 meters long. Another big originality of this comic strip is that it is not made of paper, but of fabric. It is a tapestry! The drawings and the text tell you a story, with lots of twists and turns, cut into small scenes. Exactly like in a comic book. It's up to you to discover the story of this tapestry!

Levels:
Élémentaire 3e année 4e année 5e année 6e année Secondaire 9e année 10e année 11e année 12e année
Subjects:
Éducation artistique Arts visuels
Skills:
Communication Créativité Pensée critique
French level:
B1 : Seuil B2 : Avancé ou indépendant
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E76 : La couleur c'est Bonnard

5 min 22 s
In this episode, the children discuss the work Nude in an Interior by Pierre Bonnard. In this work, there is a naked woman halfway through the wall of a colorful apartment. Pierre loved to spy on his wife in private moments and paint her in his paintings. His colorful painting style is derived from the Nabi movement. The Nabi style…
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E78 : Meilleur profil

5 min 32 s
The children discuss the work The Triumph of Chastity by Piero della Francesca. It shows the man and woman looking at each other in profile in front of a vast landscape. This is a very famous cut from the painting, the Duke and Duchess of Urbino, a town in Italy. Piero was a huge star of painting in his time in the early Renaissance…
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E79 : Le visiteur

5 min 30 s
In this episode, the children discuss Fra Angelico's The Annunciation. This painting depicts one of the most important scenes in the Bible, the moment when the angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she is to become the mother of Jesus. Hence the name of this work 'The Annunciation'. The Italian who painted it is no…
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E80 : Attention chien méchant

4 min 54 s
The children discuss the mosaic work 'Cave canem' in Pompeii. A mosaic is a drawing made with small squares of very hard color in clay or glass. It is called tesserae. And when we stick these small squares together, it gives an image. The dog of this work, was discovered at the entrance of one of the most famous houses of…
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E82 : Un cadeau monumental

5 min 53 s
In this episode, the children discuss Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty. This woman, with a crown on her head and a torch in her hand, symbolizes freedom. Its creator is Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, a very famous sculptor of the nineteenth century. To mark the friendship between his country, France, and the United…
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E83 : Chuuuuut!

5 min 24 s
In this episode, the children discuss the painting The Cradle by Berthe Morisot. This painting shows a woman watching over a sleeping baby in a crib covered with a semi-transparent canvas. This work is not very large but it is full of details that give it a very realistic feel. Originally this artistic feat, Berthe made this great…
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E84 : L'armée enterrée

5 min 21 s
Children discuss the work The Terracotta Army. Several terracotta soldiers represent the largest army of statues in the world. This army is located in China, in the Mausoleum, which is the tomb of the emperor Qin Shi Huang. He is a famous character, because he is the very first emperor of the country. He decided one day to build a…
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E85 : Chair de poule

5 min 29 s
In this episode, the children discuss the painting The Nightmare by Johann Heinrich Fussli. As the title of this painting mentions, it depicts a nightmare. It is the most famous and creepy nightmare in art history. It is at this time, the fashion of the gothic literature that is scary. The whiteness of the woman dressed in white, the…
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E86 : Plus vrai que nature

5 min 20 s
The children discuss the work L' ge d'Airain by Auguste Rodin. This is the first masterpiece by one of the greatest sculptors in history. This statue is considered perfect because its proportions are exact. In addition, Auguste gave it the size of a human being to make it look like his statue was a real person. But the most…
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E88 : Mon œil!

5 min 32 s
In this episode, the children discuss the work The Cyclops by Odilon Redon. Redon was a symbolic painter. This means that he was not interested in painting reality or nature. He liked to explore the fantastic and dreams. He is called the king of imaginary worlds!
    Levels:
    Élémentaire 3e année 4e année 5e année 6e année Secondaire 9e année 10e année 11e année 12e année
    Subjects:
    Éducation artistique Arts visuels
    Skills:
    Communication Créativité Pensée critique
    French level:
    B1 : Seuil B2 : Avancé ou indépendant