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Apollon et le char du soleil

Apollon et le char du soleil. Jouvenet. He was born in Rouen. He studied at the School of the Royal Academy in Paris in 1661 . The young painter realized Jesus and the Paralytic for Notre Dame. Jouvenet was appreciated by Louis XIV.

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Apollon et le char du soleil

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  1. Apollon et le char du soleil

  2. Jouvenet He was born in Rouen. He studied at the School of the Royal Academy in Paris in 1661. The young painter realized Jesus and the Paralytic for Notre Dame. Jouvenet was appreciated by Louis XIV. The dome of the Invalides where he painted the 12 apostles in 1704 and the gallery of the new Royal Chapel of Versailles in 1709. His style is a loan of naturalism. The great success of Jouvenet is confirmed by many copies and the engravings published until the enf of the eighteenth century. The great success of Jouvenet is confirmed by many copies and the engravings published until the enf of the eighteenth century.

  3. Hiswork • This monumental painting was probably intended to decorate a ceiling and was realized at the end of the seventeenth century. • It would be a revolutionary seizure of the year 1797 at the marquis de Maubec.

  4. The topic • This mythological scene represent Prométhée stolen the fire from the gods of Olympe. • He escapes thanks minerve. • He belongs to the race of Titans, they are primitive deities who had preceded the Olypians and the legend tells that he wrong ZEUS during a sacrifice. • To punish him,Zeusprived humans of fire. That why Prométhéeslil the fire. He teaches to the humains many arts like science and he give to them reason to enable them to progress. • Promethéeis humans'sfriend : to pay his fault , Zeus chained promethée on the montcaucase where he suffered a terrible ordeal. • At the rebirth , promethée was a topic for many baroque painters but doesn't it not made us reflect today about scientific discoveries?

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