The first podcast of the Rmn-Grand Palais publishing, in co-production with Merlin-La Chouette Radio, offers an audio adaptation of the children's book En avant les histoires de l'art! by Clémence Simon and Pierre-Adrien Sollier.
10 episodes - of 5 to 7 minutes each - tell the adventures of Rosa, a little girl apprentice painter, and her art master, Raphael, who makes her discover the secrets of the most famous masterpieces, by exploring the museums and castles that exhibit them.
These audio episodes can only be listened to on the Merlin speaker. La Chouette Radio - resulting from the partnership between Radio France and Bayard - markets this portable speaker designed for children, via a parental application available on Google Play and App Store, offering them a wide selection of audio stories.
10 episodes present 10 masterpieces of painting:
Ancient Egypt, Nebamon Hunting and Fishing, Nebamon's Tomb, Thebes, c. 1350 BC
Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Couple, 1434
Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, Milan, 1495-1498
Rembrandt, The Night Watch, 1642
Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun, Portrait of Marie-Antoinette with a Rose, 1783
Théodore Géricault, The Raft of the Medusa, 1818-1819
Auguste Renoir, The Boaters' Luncheon, 1880-1881
Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait, 1889
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, The Dance at the Moulin Rouge, 1890
Grant Wood, American Gothic, 1930
To allow the child to visually identify the masterpieces, a poster is offered with the acquisition of the podcast.
