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Here comes the sun...
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Claude Monet's painting "Impression, soleil levant" and the dedicated exhibition "Facing the Sun - a star in the arts" organised by the Marmottan Monet Museum, Art Explora Academy invites you to explore the representation of the Sun in the arts. From Monet to Turner or Van Gogh, discover how this luminous star has inspired artists, symbolising beauty, joy, or power.
Senior Research Curator Susanna Avery-Quash explores the history of taste in the National Gallery’s collection. Discover why Claude’s ‘Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba’ is so important to the National Gallery’s history and how Claude’s works came to be on display next to paintings by J.M.W Turner in Room 15.
Content produced by : The National Gallery
On the agenda
video - 2:19
History of Taste : Le Lorrain and the Old Masters
By: The National Gallery
video - 2:55
Joaquín Sorolla : Spanish Master of Light
By: The National Gallery
video - 2:29
Amazing Versailles: The Sun of Louis XIV
By: Château de Versailles
video - 3:41
Olafur Eliasson – “Collective Experience”
By: Tate
video - 2:4
Little summer tales – Hélios and Phaéton
By: Musée du Louvre
video - 1:24
Art History Minute : Seated Goddess – Ancient Near East
By: Accessible art history
video - 3:33
“Impression, Sunrise” Claude Monet
By: Two Minute Museum
video - 4:03
Monet’s London
By: The National Gallery
video - 1:08
Vincent Van Gogh presented by Christopher Riopelle
By: The National Gallery
