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The Private Life of a Masterpiece
Season 3 · Episode 3
Auguste Renoir: Dance at the Moulin de la Galette
0.050mFebruary 2, 2004
Was the Moulin de la Galette dance hall really the joyful haven depicted in Renoir's celebratory painting of 1876? Certainly, the Paris of the period was emerging from a violent, bloody political upheaval and Renoir appears to have been unique in depicting the renowned venue as a place of pleasure.
Episodes
- Episode 1Auguste Rodin: The Kiss
- Episode 2Francisco Goya: The Third of May 1808
- Episode 3Auguste Renoir: Dance at the Moulin de la Galette
- Episode 4Rembrandt van Rijn: The Night Watch
- Episode 5Sandro Botticelli: La Primavera
- Episode 6Katsushika Hokusai: The Great Wave
- Episode 7Edgar Degas: Little Dancer Aged Fourteen
- Episode 8Vincent van Gogh: Sunflowers