The Theatres of the sun: Seaport at Sunset (1639), Claude Lorrain 1602-1682

France, 1989

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Episode of Series “Palettes”.
Claude Lorrain’s painting “Seaport at sunset” is one of a pair of paintings. The colours, the spacing of the figures, the lighting close to the ground and the perspective of the buildings converge to produce an illusion of depth. This program examines the painting in detail, at Claude Lorrain’s life and the historical setting in which he lived, the symbolism of the painting and his technique, which ultimately led to Turner and impressionism.

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Credits

producer

Alain Jaubert

production company

Delta Image

FR3

La Sept

Musée du Louvre

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
France
Production dates
1989

Appears in

Palettes

Group of items

Palettes

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

305276

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters - France

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Modern - 17th-18th centuries

People → Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682

Short films

Short films → Short films - France

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Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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