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* The pictures of the gardens of La Villa Nouée in the Monte Negro sequence have been taken from the gardens of [http://www.culturespaces.com/fr/ephrussi/ La Villa Euphrasie] in the South of France, composed of 10 different gardens, and the villa itself is [http://www.ville-hyeres.fr/visiteur/culture%20patrimoine/villa_noailles.html the Villa Noailles].
* The pictures of the gardens of La Villa Nouée in the Monte Negro sequence have been taken from the gardens of [http://www.culturespaces.com/fr/ephrussi/ La Villa Euphrasie] in the South of France, composed of 10 different gardens, and the villa itself is [http://www.ville-hyeres.fr/visiteur/culture%20patrimoine/villa_noailles.html the Villa Noailles].
* The card game "Petit Hanoï" doesn't exist, but however refers to the heavy vietnamese underground presence in Warsaw. The whole card sequence was directly inspired from the "Rapid Nabokov" sequence in Vol.9 of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Boys 20th Century Boys].
* The card game "Petit Hanoï" doesn't exist, but however refers to the heavy vietnamese underground presence in Warsaw. The whole card sequence was directly inspired from the "Rapid Nabokov" sequence in Vol.9 of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Boys 20th Century Boys].
* The various mottos Gilbert uses when throwing rocks in the sewers are the sentences used during [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1968 1968's french riots] in Paris.
* The various mottos Gilbert uses when throwing rocks in the sewers are the slogans used during [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1968 1968's french riots] in Paris.
* The cars chase in Warsaw depict a real tour through the city from JPII's museum to the exit of the city leaning by the river.
* The cars chase in Warsaw depict a real tour through the city from JPII's museum to the exit of the city leaning by the river.
* As San Michele Island is closed by night, pictures have been taken by day then photoshoped to night.
* As San Michele Island is closed by night, pictures have been taken by day then photoshoped to night.

Revision as of 11:10, 17 December 2006

Ekphrasis
Author(s) JB
Publisher(s) n/a
Release date(s) Nov-2006
Authoring system Inform 6
Platform(s) Glulx
Language(s) French
License(s) Freeware
Multimedia
Color effects none
Graphics required
Sound/Music optional
Ratings
Cruelty scale Polite

How It Begins

You play as Gilbert Fontenelle, a French Art History professor, "the one the students don't want to have", leaving France for the Vatican, where he has been requested to authenticate a painting for the Vatican Museum.

Versions

Original version

Trivia & Cultural References

  • The first name of the main player was chosen to begin with a 'G' just like 'Giuliano' the brother of Lorenzo da Medici, to create a subtle link in the dream sequence. Later, all the main protagonists first name were also chosen to begin with a 'G' (Giuliana, Galina, Gorislav...)
  • Gilbert could have been hinted on the Firenze origin of Giuliana on his first meeting if he knew the distribution of the last names in Renaissance Italy : Ricasoli family originates from the region of Firenze.
  • The scene pictured on the Ponte Vecchio is really the Ponte Vecchio - but taken at 5am, then photoshoped to suggest an afternoon.
  • The two domes figuring on the cutscene image of the return to Paris are the famous Duomo Dome of Firenze and the Dome of the Panthéon in the 5th arrondissement of Paris.
  • Pictures taken in the Sorbonne & in the St Genevieve Library have been taken on the national patrimonial day, where every public building in France is open for free - otherwise, it would have been impossible to enter St Genevieve Library, because as in Ekphrasis, you need a card which is very difficult to obtain, even you meet all the requirements.
  • The real Cassone given to Lorenzo da Medici and painted by Botticelli actually exists and can be seen in the National Gallery Museum in London. The real Ekphrasis picturing the Calomny of Apelle is supposed to be found in Firenze.
  • The pictures of the gardens of La Villa Nouée in the Monte Negro sequence have been taken from the gardens of La Villa Euphrasie in the South of France, composed of 10 different gardens, and the villa itself is the Villa Noailles.
  • The card game "Petit Hanoï" doesn't exist, but however refers to the heavy vietnamese underground presence in Warsaw. The whole card sequence was directly inspired from the "Rapid Nabokov" sequence in Vol.9 of 20th Century Boys.
  • The various mottos Gilbert uses when throwing rocks in the sewers are the slogans used during 1968's french riots in Paris.
  • The cars chase in Warsaw depict a real tour through the city from JPII's museum to the exit of the city leaning by the river.
  • As San Michele Island is closed by night, pictures have been taken by day then photoshoped to night.
  • In the dream sequence, the talking picture figuring the 5 masters of the Renaissance is situated in the Salon Carré of the Louvre. Dante & Virgile is just in the gallery nearby. We can guess that a drugged, semi-sleeping Gilbert took these pictures into his imagination to create his dream. Villa Lemma fresco is in the next room, so the path of Gilbert can be easily tracked.
  • The Escher Labyrinth sequence in La Villa Nouée is inspired from the same sequence in the TV show The Avengers.
  • The Bombelli Glyphs under the Black Cross on San Michele Island are original creations inspired on classic roman lapidary inscriptions.
  • The text used on the cutscenes screens is set in Jenson, which is a contemporary revival of the type faces of Nicolas Jenson, a french humanist founder living in the Renaissance.

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