La collection PALETTES mène une véritable enquête policière pour dévoiler l'histoire de l'oeuvre et les intentions du peintre. Grâce aux plus récentes techniques de l'animation vidéo, chaque tableau est analysé, décomposé et les secrets des images sont racontés comme autant d'aventures.

RUBENS : "Les portraits d'Hélène Fourment"
Veuf, âgé de 53 ans, Rubens épouse une jeune fille de 16 ans, Hélène Fourment. Elle apparaît superbement vêtue dans toute la splendeur de sa chair opulente. Une occasion de s'interroger sur les allégories de la chair à l'âge baroque.


REMBRANDT : "Autoportraits"
L'autoportrait est rendu possible par la diffusion du miroir de verre entre le XIIIe et le XVe siècle. Dès ses premiers tableaux, Rembrandt se mit en scène. Plus d'une centaine de fois, il prendra son visage comme unique sujet de gravures, de dessins ou de peintures.


VERMEER : "L'Astronome"
Dans l'angle d'une pièce, une lumière filtrée par une fenêtre à petits carreaux éclaire le visage d'un homme qui se penche sur un globe céleste où sont dessinés les constellations et les signes du Zodiaque. La caractéristique fondamentale de l'oeuvre de Vermeer est l'assimilation de la perspective à une vision photographique.

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RUBENS : La Gloire de la Chair: "Les portraits d'Hélène Fourment" (vers 1636)
At age 53, Rubens married the young Hélène Fourment, who had already served as his model for several of his works. In the two paintings at the Louvre, she appears in superb apparel, which suggestively hides the splendor of her voluptuous flesh. Rubens also had her pose for several nudes, which Hélène, when she became a widow, had destroyed. The only surviving canvas shows her holding her opulent breasts and leads to imagine what the other nudes were like.

REMBRANDT : "Autoportraits"
Even in his first paintings, Rembrandt positioned himself in the scene. In the following years, at least 100 times he used his face as the only subject in engravings, drawings and paintings. Such single-mindedness, unique in the history of art, was very widely interpreted. Did Rembrandt's self-portraits have a secret meaning?

VERMEER : "L'Astronome"
Vermeer was born in Delft. He lived there all his life and was influenced by Rembrandt. His work consisted of a series of variations on enigmatic interiors. Only 34 of his paintings are known to exist. Videographics are used throughout the film to focus on key elements of the painting and to analyse its structure and composition.



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