French actor/screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière teams up with leading Belgian comic artist Bernar Yslaire on a new volume in the highly successful NBM ComicsLit series of graphic novels being co-published with the Louvre museum.
Taking a turn into history, these talented creators bring us back to the very early chaotic days of the French revolution and a seminal point in time for the Louvre: when it went from royal palace to public museum. The artwork collected by kings was to become the property of and be enjoyed by the people, but this story mostly zeroes in on the relationship between the famous painter David and Robespierre (“The Incorruptible”) at the very time where he instigates “The Terror”, a very dark period of brutal repression where the guillotine became known as The Widow. As we see, it was all in the name of a national cleansing. Robespierre’s goal was to start afresh, including starting a whole new calendar, and creating a “Supreme Being” that would replace the old church; its faith dirtied by the corruption of power. David was to paint this ‘Being.’ A feat he managed to avoid and still kept his head. David stayed focused - or perhaps obsessed - with representing a warfront hero, a very young soldier who stood up to the armies invading France. The conflicted creation of both a new government and of David’s canvas are juxtaposed between these lofty and disparate goals, presenting a fascinating narrative set in a major, albeit violent, turning point in Western Society.
Taking a turn into history, these talented creators bring us back to the very early chaotic days of the French revolution and a seminal point in time for the Louvre: when it went from royal palace to public museum. The artwork collected by kings was to become the property of and be enjoyed by the people, but this story mostly zeroes in on the relationship between the famous painter David and Robespierre (“The Incorruptible”) at the very time where he instigates “The Terror”, a very dark period of brutal repression where the guillotine became known as The Widow. As we see, it was all in the name of a national cleansing. Robespierre’s goal was to start afresh, including starting a whole new calendar, and creating a “Supreme Being” that would replace the old church; its faith dirtied by the corruption of power. David was to paint this ‘Being.’ A feat he managed to avoid and still kept his head. David stayed focused - or perhaps obsessed - with representing a warfront hero, a very young soldier who stood up to the armies invading France. The conflicted creation of both a new government and of David’s canvas are juxtaposed between these lofty and disparate goals, presenting a fascinating narrative set in a major, albeit violent, turning point in Western Society.
And who better to interweave all these dramatic elements than the screenwriter for the movie Danton, a rival Robespierre dispatched, who was portrayed onscreen by noted actor Gérard Depardieu. Jean-Claude Carrière has a prestigious list of internationally acclaimed movies to his credit. From working for 19 years with Luis Buñuel, he went on to script adaptations of The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Cyrano de Bergerac as well as script That Obscure Object of Desire, besides working with such directors as Louis Malle, Andrzej Wajda and Milos Forman.
Bernar Yslaire (a pen name ‘distortion’ for Bernard Hislaire - he has had many such variations throughout his career) is no slouch either. In Europe he is known as the best-selling author of the graphic novel series Sambre which has sold in the hundreds of thousands of copies. His stunningly unique artwork provides an occasion for this series to blossom out in a much larger size for this album-style hardcover. THE SKY OVER THE LOUVRE measures 10 ½, 11 ¼”, 72pp. full color hardcover, for $19.99, due for publication in May 2011.
The Catacombs thanks NBM publicist Stefan Blitz, for passing along a quick glimpse at this upcoming work. Check it out!
Source URL: https://galgadots.blogspot.com/2011/03/nbm-publishing-presents-sky-over-louvre.htmlBernar Yslaire (a pen name ‘distortion’ for Bernard Hislaire - he has had many such variations throughout his career) is no slouch either. In Europe he is known as the best-selling author of the graphic novel series Sambre which has sold in the hundreds of thousands of copies. His stunningly unique artwork provides an occasion for this series to blossom out in a much larger size for this album-style hardcover. THE SKY OVER THE LOUVRE measures 10 ½, 11 ¼”, 72pp. full color hardcover, for $19.99, due for publication in May 2011.
The Catacombs thanks NBM publicist Stefan Blitz, for passing along a quick glimpse at this upcoming work. Check it out!
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