Mon œil!

In this episode, the children discuss the work Pollice Verso by Jean-Léon Gérôme. This painting gave birth to thumbs up or thumbs down. Gérôme's passion was antiquity. He also wanted these paintings to be realistic and vivid. Many movies about gladiators are inspired by this work. This painting even contains a mistake that…

In this episode, the children discuss the painting The Scream by Edvard Munch. This painting is the origin of the first emoji. What a discovery!

The children discuss the painting Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh. In this painting, there is a night sky over a small village. Vincent had his own technique for painting at night. He put all his sadness and anguish into his Starry Night. He hid them behind the sparkling light of the stars. It is surely for this reason, because it is…

The children discuss the work The Traveler Watching a Sea of Clouds by Caspar David Friedrich. In the work shown, there is a rocky peak looking out towards the misty horizon. In all action movies today, when the hero has to face his destiny and great dangers, he is shown from behind, facing the unknown. This loneliness of man in front…

In this episode, the children discuss the work The Great Wave of Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai. This artist drew vivid works. Many of this artist's techniques are now found in comic books and animated films. Finally, the famous wave is also reproduced in emoji today!

In this episode, the children discuss the work The Dream of Douanier Rousseau. His name represents his work, he was a customs officer by profession and not a painter. Not having studied in the arts, he is said to be self-taught because he taught himself so his painting techniques were not professional techniques. He invented a new art…

In this episode, the children discuss the work The Summer by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. However, there are also the following works: Spring, Winter and Autumn. These paintings, which represent the four seasons, also represent the human life cycle and they are all designed with fruits and vegetables. It is the time of the Renaissance,…

In this episode, the children discuss the work The Circus by Georges Seurat. This painter had a very particular technique known as pointillism. He used only the primary colors: white, yellow, blue and red and did not mix them in his work. Unfortunately, Georges Seurat died before finishing his work The Circus so his fellow artists…

The children discuss Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Through this episode, we learn what made Mona Lisa popular... a theft from the Louvre Museum. Vincenzo Perrugia was the thief and he was arrested two years after the theft. He had hidden the stolen painting under his bed. It was this event that made Leonardo da Vinci's Mona…

In this episode, the children discuss the work The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer. Vermeer's paintings mostly depicted small everyday moments. He was a champion of detail, so the accuracy of his works was astounding. His paintings were so realistic that they looked like photographs. The Milkmaid is his greatest masterpiece.

The children discuss Claude Monet's Impression Sunrise. Painters at the time could now bring their paints in tubes to set up outside to paint. This is when Monet was able to paint in daylight and capture the effects of light. He was an impressionist. Monet did this painting with small touches of paint without mixing the colors,…

In this episode, the children discuss the work The Kiss by Gustav Klimt. This painting represents the most famous kiss in art history. Klimt decided to rebel and move into modern art with more original, daring and shocking paintings. Gustav was the first to paint a kiss in this way, with his brand new style: the symbolism of love…

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…

In this episode, the children discuss Sandro Botticelli's The Birth of Venus. This painting tells the story of a birth. The birth of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty in Greek mythology, who is also known as Aphrodite. Botticelli lived during the Renaissance, over 500 years ago. Venus revived the nude fashion and this…

In this episode, the children discuss William Turner's Rain, Steam, Speed. This painting is a train speeding through fog and driving rain. Yes, you could say that the painter got wet to make his painting. Hence the title of his work is well chosen. William had a passion for travel. At that time, in the 1830s, the world was…