The Astronomer, 1668, Johannes Vermeer
Synopsis
A film from the Les Petits Secrets des grands tableaux collection - Season 4
In the midst of the Golden Age of the young Dutch republic, the painter Johannes Vermeer took a brief hiatus from his intimate depictions of women to express in this portrait of a contemporary scientist the tremendous scientific and cultural expansion of his era, which was the fountainhead of modern capitalism.
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Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Les Poissons Volants
- Co-productions : ARTE France, Rmn - Grand Palais, Réseau Canopé, Musée d'Orsay
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Sophie Goupil
- Screenwriters : Franck Thomas, Élisabeth Couturier
- Music Composer : Francisco Alvarado
- Editor : Erwann Chabot
- Sound Recordist : Stéphane Larrat
- Voice : Clémentine Célarié
- Production manager : Saskia Nilly
- Sound Editor : Simon Apostolou
- Special Effects : Sandrine Belmont, Étienne Boguet, Nathalie Champagne
- Grader : François Lavignotte
- Sound mixer : Marie-Odile Dupont
- Production Manager : Sylvain David
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film, Documentary
- Sub-genre : 2D & 3D animation
- Themes : Art, Painting, History
- Production language : French, English, German
- Production country : France
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Thanks to digital animation, the details of masterpieces of art history come to life to recount the spirit of the time and the upheavals of history: wars, revolutions, economic transformations, scientific discoveries, beliefs, and schools of thought.
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