Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris, 1932

Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, oil on canvas, 1907 (MoMA)

Cézanne's Still Life with Apples

Cézanne, Still Life with Apples, 1895-98 from Smarthistory Videos on Vimeo.

Renoir's La Loge

Renoir, La Loge, 1874 from Smarthistory Videos on Vimeo.

World Literature series #9: Candide

Next up in the World Lit series from Annenberg Learner is the classic French satire Candide by Voltaire. It explores hypocrisy through the naïve title character and his mentor Dr. Pangloss.

Click on the illustration of Pangloss and Candide below to watch the excellent video about Candide at learner.org, with Kristin Chenoweth, Aisha Tyler, and Harold Ramis. At their site you can also read excerpts from the work and explore a map, timeline, and slideshow about it.

Bonus! Check out the previous Fine Art Thing about Leonard Bernstein which includes a video of the finale from his Candide operetta.