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Mondrian: From Trees to Squares

Mondrian: From Trees to Squares

Piet Mondrian was born in Netherlands in 1872 and was a famous abstract painter. He grew up during the tail end of Impressionism and his most recognized works are abstract paintings of colored squares, black lines and rectangles. His artworks reflect several instances of a definite Post-Impressionist, emotive use of colors.

Duration : 6m
Maturity Level : all

Meditate with Vincent Van Gogh

Meditate with Vincent Van Gogh

A five-minute slow-looking exercise to enjoy the details of Van Gogh’s ’Wheatfield, with Cypresses’ located in The National Gallery in London.

Duration : 4m
Maturity Level : all

Meditate with Claude Monet

Meditate with Claude Monet

Le bassin aux nymphéas, ca. 1917-1920, oil on canvas, from the Beyeler Collection and Roni Horn’s “Opposites of White”, 2006-2007, solid cast black and colourless glass. Let yourself be guided by Diego Hangartner

Duration : 8m
Maturity Level : all

Meditate with Mark Rothko

Meditate with Mark Rothko

In uncertain times, art can help us to reflect, relax and self-care. Enjoy a moment of calm, co-presented with UBS Art, and discover Mark Rothko’s Untitled (Red, Orange), 1968

Duration : 0s
Maturity Level : all

Orientalism in Europe

Orientalism in Europe

The fascination for the Orient which runs throughout the history of Western art peaked in the nineteenth century. Orientalism enjoyed a golden age between Bonaparte’s Egyptian campaign (1798‐1801) and Matisse’s stay in North Africa in 1906. The views of Egypt brought back by the artists on Bonaparte’s expedition, along with the illustration of the first events in the Napoleonic legend, were the first milestones in the European public’s rediscovery of the East.

Duration : 5m
Maturity Level : all

Van Gogh/Hiroshige - Dreaming of Japan

Van Gogh/Hiroshige - Dreaming of Japan

Dreaming of Japan is the name the Pinacothéque of Paris gave to an exhibition in 2013. In this movie there is a comparison between two paintings: Suspension Bridge in Nieuw-Amsterdam by Vincent van Gogh and Group of Blind Men and Yugyo Temple in the Distance by Utagawa Hiroshige. Both the paintings are located in the Pinacothéque of Paris.

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

WOMEN IN PAINTINGS

WOMEN IN PAINTINGS

Five iconic Paintings with women Pierre Auguste Renoir, Georg Friedrich Kersting, Edouard Manet, Caspar David Friedrich and Gottlieb Schick. All at the Nationalgalerie Collection in Berlin.

Duration : 5m
Maturity Level : all

Fondation Beyeler

Fondation Beyeler

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Duration : 12s
Maturity Level : all