SCRIBE ACCROUPI (LE)

SÉRIE "ENQUÊTE D'ART"

of MANNIEZ Vincent

Collaboration with Scénario: Françoise Docquiert

FRANCE, 2007, 00:26:00

Production : ECLECTIC PRODUCTION, FRANCE 5, MUSEE DU LOUVRE
Collection : Musée du Louvre
Genre : Documentary
Keyword : History of art, Pedagogy

Summary :
In the desert of Saqqara, south of Cairo, Auguste Mariette, a French, Egyptology enthusiast, embarks on the trail of a lost necropolis: the Serapeum. He discovered in the sand a mysterious statue with eyes of an exceptional vivacity. Thus begins the story of the Scribe accroupi, today one of the masterpieces of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities at the Louvre.

The "Enquête d'art " series questions nine artworks of the museum: what are the contexts and conditions of manufacture? Which characters have shaped their destinies? How these artworks have been designed? How did they enter the Louvre? A didactic voiceover offers a precious light on the technical terms used by specialists in their description of art. Each film is a survey in form of travel, aiming at following the course of an artwork and to reconnect with its roots.

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