Cultural depictions of Joan of Arc
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Joan of Arc
has inspired artistic and cultural works for nearly six centuries. The following lists cover various media to include items of historic interest, enduring works of high art, and recent representations in popular culture. The entries represent portrayals that a reader has a reasonable chance of encountering rather than a complete catalog. Lesser known works, particularly from early periods, are not included. In 1979 the Bibliothèque Municipale in Rouen
, France
held an exhibition that contained over 500 images and other items that related to Joan of Arc.
Many of the excluded items are derivative of better known representations. For instance, Schiller's
play inspired at least 82 different dramatic works during the nineteenth century. Verdi's
and Tchaikovsky's
operatic adaptations are still recorded and performed. Most of the others survive only in research libraries. In 1894 Émile Huet listed over 400 plays and musical works about Joan of Arc. Despite a great deal of scholarly interest in Joan of Arc no complete list of artistic works about her exists, although a 1989 doctoral dissertation did identify all relevant films including ones for which no copy survives.
For purposes of classification, popular culture music is a separate section from opera
s and oratorio
s. Film
s include made-for-television movies and miniseries
. Television covers live action series.
The story of Joan of Arc was a popular subject for dramatization in the 1940s. In addition to Maxwell Anderson's play Joan of Lorraine
and the Ingrid Bergman
film Joan of Arc
, there was also the 1948 RKO film The Miracle of the Bells
starring Fred MacMurray
, Alida Valli
, and Frank Sinatra
, about a dying film actress whose first and last role is Joan of Arc. There were also three radio dramatizations of the story of Joan during those years, one of them specifically written with a World War II framework.
Portions of this page were translated from the French Wikipedia.
Joan of Arc
Saint Joan of Arc, nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" , is a national heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in eastern France who claimed divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, which paved the way for the...
has inspired artistic and cultural works for nearly six centuries. The following lists cover various media to include items of historic interest, enduring works of high art, and recent representations in popular culture. The entries represent portrayals that a reader has a reasonable chance of encountering rather than a complete catalog. Lesser known works, particularly from early periods, are not included. In 1979 the Bibliothèque Municipale in Rouen
Rouen
Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
held an exhibition that contained over 500 images and other items that related to Joan of Arc.
Many of the excluded items are derivative of better known representations. For instance, Schiller's
Friedrich Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life , Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
play inspired at least 82 different dramatic works during the nineteenth century. Verdi's
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
and Tchaikovsky's
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...
operatic adaptations are still recorded and performed. Most of the others survive only in research libraries. In 1894 Émile Huet listed over 400 plays and musical works about Joan of Arc. Despite a great deal of scholarly interest in Joan of Arc no complete list of artistic works about her exists, although a 1989 doctoral dissertation did identify all relevant films including ones for which no copy survives.
For purposes of classification, popular culture music is a separate section from opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
s and oratorio
Oratorio
An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias...
s. Film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s include made-for-television movies and miniseries
Miniseries
A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
. Television covers live action series.
The story of Joan of Arc was a popular subject for dramatization in the 1940s. In addition to Maxwell Anderson's play Joan of Lorraine
Joan of Lorraine
Joan of Lorraine is a 1946 play-within-a-play by Maxwell Anderson. It is about an acting company who stages a dramatization of the story of Joan of Arc and the effect that the story has on them. As in the musical Man of La Mancha, most of the actors in the drama play two or more roles...
and the Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films. She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, and the Tony Award for Best Actress. She is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of American cinema of all time by the American Film Institute...
film Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc (1948 film)
Joan of Arc is a 1948 Technicolor film directed by Victor Fleming; starring Ingrid Bergman as the French religious icon and war heroine. It was produced by Walter Wanger. It is based on Maxwell Anderson's successful Broadway play Joan of Lorraine, which also starred Bergman, and was adapted for the...
, there was also the 1948 RKO film The Miracle of the Bells
The Miracle of the Bells
The Miracle of the Bells is a 1948 film produced by RKO. It stars Fred MacMurray, Alida Valli, Frank Sinatra, and Lee J. Cobb. Directed by Irving Pichel, with a script by Quentin Reynolds and Ben Hecht.The film is based on a novel by Russell Janney....
starring Fred MacMurray
Fred MacMurray
Frederick Martin "Fred" MacMurray was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 movies and a successful television series during a career that spanned nearly a half-century, from 1930 to the 1970s....
, Alida Valli
Alida Valli
Alida Valli , sometimes simply credited as Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films, including Mario Soldati's Piccolo mondo antico, Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case, Carol Reed's The Third Man, Michelangelo Antonioni's Il Grido, Luchino Visconti's Senso, Bernardo...
, and Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
, about a dying film actress whose first and last role is Joan of Arc. There were also three radio dramatizations of the story of Joan during those years, one of them specifically written with a World War II framework.
Literature and theater
Date | Title | Author | Notes |
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1429 | "Song in Honor of Joan of Arc" | Christine de Pizan Christine de Pizan Christine de Pizan was a Venetian-born late medieval author who challenged misogyny and stereotypes prevalent in the male-dominated medieval culture. As a poet, she was well known and highly regarded in her own day; she completed 41 works during her 30 year career , and can be regarded as... |
An elegiac poem written during Joan of Arc's own lifetime. The author's final work. English translation available: http://web.archive.org/web/20080319162959/http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Pantheon/3322/ditie.html. |
1450 | story of the Siege of Orléans Orléans -Prehistory and Roman:Cenabum was a Gallic stronghold, one of the principal towns of the Carnutes tribe where the Druids held their annual assembly. It was conquered and destroyed by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, then rebuilt under the Roman Empire... |
Anonymous (possibly Jacques Millet) | First performed in Orléans four years after Joan of Arc's death. The surviving version appears to be a revision from around 1450. God and several saints play major roles in this sprawling drama of more than a hundred speaking parts. |
1590 | Henry VI, Part 1 Henry VI, part 1 Henry VI, Part 1 or The First Part of Henry the Sixt is a history play by William Shakespeare, and possibly Thomas Nashe, believed to have been written in 1591, and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England... |
William Shakespeare William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"... |
Joan la Pucelle is the principal villain. Drawn from English sources of the previous century, this Joan of Arc begins with the appearance of piety but soon proves to be a cunning witch justly executed. Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks". Founded in 1971 by Michael S. Hart, it is the oldest digital library. Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of public domain books... text: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext99/1ws0111.txt. |
1756 | The Maid of Oranges | Voltaire Voltaire François-Marie Arouet , better known by the pen name Voltaire , was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion, free trade and separation of church and state... |
A mock epic poem that explores typically Voltairean themes deriding mysticism as humbug. Wikisource text (in French): http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/La_Pucelle_d%E2%80%99Orl%C3%A9ans |
1801 | The Maid of Orléans | Friedrich Schiller Friedrich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life , Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe... |
In literary rebuttal to Voltaire, Schiller creates a sympathetic Joan of Arc as a Romantic Romanticism Romanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution... heroine. A magic helmet renders her invincible until she falls in love, and she is killed in battle rather than being burned at the stake. This drama was the basis of Tchaikovsky's opera of the same name. Project Gutenberg text in English: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6792/6792.txt. |
1817 | Histoire de Jeanne d`Arc (History of Joan of Arc) Tome1 Tome2 Tome3 Tome4 | Philippe-Alexandre Le Brun de Charmettes Philippe-Alexandre Le Brun de Charmettes Philippe-Alexandre Le Brun de Charmettes was a French historian, poet, translator and official.De Charmettes was born in Bordeaux .... |
(Paris, Ed. Artus Bertrand, 1817) Called the Maid of Orléans, drawn from her own declarations, of one hundred forty-four depositions of eyewitnesses, and of the manuscripts of the library of the King and the Tower of London Tower of London Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space... . |
1821 | L'Orléanide | Philippe-Alexandre Le Brun de Charmettes Philippe-Alexandre Le Brun de Charmettes Philippe-Alexandre Le Brun de Charmettes was a French historian, poet, translator and official.De Charmettes was born in Bordeaux .... |
(Paris, Ed. Smith, audin, 1821) L'Orléanide, Poème national en vingt-huit chants. |
1896 | Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Mark Twain's work on Joan of Arc is titled in full, Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte, who is identified further as Joan's page and secretary... |
Mark Twain Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist... |
This novel remains little remembered yet in his own opinion was his finest work. Twain spent months in France researching newly rediscovered documents. This reverent fictional biography is Twain's most uncharacteristic novel. Project Gutenberg text: Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. He published it under a different pseudonym: Jean Francois Alden. |
1912 | Tapestry of Saint Genevieve and Joan of Arc | Charles Péguy Charles Péguy Charles Péguy was a noted French poet, essayist, and editor. His two main philosophies were socialism and nationalism, but by 1908 at the latest, after years of uneasy agnosticism, he had become a devout but non-practicing Roman Catholic.From that time, Catholicism strongly influenced his... |
Poetry. Péguy also wrote a play in three parts entitled Jeanne d'Arc, (1896). |
1923 | Gilles and Jeanne | Georg Kaiser | Expressionist drama explores Joan of Arc's association with the most notorious criminal of her era, Gilles de Rais Gilles de Rais Gilles de Montmorency-Laval , Baron de Rais, was a Breton knight, a leader in the French army and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known as a prolific serial killer of children... . |
1923 | Saint Joan Saint Joan (play) Saint Joan is a play by George Bernard Shaw, based on the life and trial of Joan of Arc. Published not long after the canonization of Joan of Arc by the Roman Catholic Church, the play dramatises what is known of her life based on the substantial records of her trial. Shaw studied the transcripts... |
George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60... |
This drama, widely esteemed as Shaw's masterpiece, draws heavily from trial records. Historians dismiss Shaw's contention that she was an early Protestant with impartial judges. Subsequent twentieth century plays often mirror Shaw's interest in her trial. ISBN 0-14-043791-6 |
1930 | Saint Joan of the Stockyards Saint Joan of the Stockyards Saint Joan of the Stockyards is a play written by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht between 1929 and 1931, after the success of his musical The Threepenny Opera and during the period of his radical experimental work with the Lehrstücke. It is based on the musical that he co-authored... |
Bertolt Brecht Bertolt Brecht Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.An influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the... |
Transposes Joan of Arc into working-class Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles... and portrays her as a labor leader. Brecht made Joan of Arc the subject of two other plays, all three with Marxist themes; they are an adaptation of a radio play by Anna Seghers Anna Seghers Anna Seghers was a German writer famous for depicting the moral experience of the Second World War.- Life :... , The Trial of Joan of Arc of Proven, 1431 and The Visions of Simone Machard The Visions of Simone Machard The Visions of Simone Machard is a play by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht. Written in 1942, the play is the second of three treatments of the Joan of Arc story that Brecht created... . ISBN 1-55970-420-9 |
1935 | A Vida de Joana D'Arc (Life of Joan of Arc) | Érico Veríssimo Erico Verissimo Erico Verissimo was an important Brazilian writer, born in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. His father, Sebastião Veríssimo da Fonseca, heir of a rich family in Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, met financial ruin during his son's youth... |
A Brazilian historical novel addressed to young people. |
1937 | Der Prozeß der Jeanne d'Arc zu Rouen 1431 | Anna Seghers | In German. Radio play based on the trial records. |
1946 | Joan of Lorraine | Maxwell Anderson Maxwell Anderson James Maxwell Anderson was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist.-Early years:Anderson was born in Atlantic, Pennsylvania, the second of eight children to William Lincoln "Link" Anderson, a Baptist minister, and Charlotte Perrimela Stephenson, both of Scots and Irish descent... |
This play-within-a-play is chiefly memorable as the basis for Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films. She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, and the Tony Award for Best Actress. She is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of American cinema of all time by the American Film Institute... 's screen portrayal. ASIN B0006YOM36 |
1953 | L'Alouette (The Lark) L'Alouette (The Lark) L'Alouette is a 1952 play by Jean Anouilh about Joan of Arc. It was presented on Broadway in English in 1955, starring Julie Harris as Joan and Boris Karloff as Pierre Cauchon. It was produced by Kermit Bloomgarden.The English adaptation was by Lillian Hellman and the incidental music was by... |
Jean Anouilh Jean Anouilh Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1943 play Antigone, an adaptation of Sophocles' Classical drama, that was seen as an attack on Marshal Pétain's... |
An allegory of Vichy Vichy France Vichy France, Vichy Regime, or Vichy Government, are common terms used to describe the government of France that collaborated with the Axis powers from July 1940 to August 1944. This government succeeded the Third Republic and preceded the Provisional Government of the French Republic... collaboration in the aftermath of World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... . Lillian Hellman Lillian Hellman Lillian Florence "Lily" Hellman was an American playwright, linked throughout her life with many left-wing causes... 's noteworthy English translation adds a critique of McCarthyism McCarthyism McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. The term has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s and characterized by... and included a score by Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim... . ISBN 0-8222-0634-X |
1964 | The Dead Lady of Clown Town The Dead Lady of Clown Town "The Dead Lady of Clown Town" is a science fiction short story by Cordwainer Smith, set in his Instrumentality of Mankind future history. It was originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction in 1964. It was included in the collection The Best of Cordwainer Smith and most recently in The... |
Cordwainer Smith Cordwainer Smith Cordwainer Smith – pronounced CORDwainer – was the pseudonym used by American author Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger for his science fiction works. Linebarger was a noted East Asia scholar and expert in psychological warfare... |
A far-future science fiction story with strong parallels to the history of Joan of Arc. |
1968 | The Image of the Beast | Philip José Farmer Philip José Farmer Philip José Farmer was an American author, principally known for his award-winning science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories.... |
Joan of Arc is portrayed as an alien sexual predator, still alive in the 20th century but with her body altered to enable the also-alien 15th-century serial killer Serial killer A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification... Gilles de Rais Gilles de Rais Gilles de Montmorency-Laval , Baron de Rais, was a Breton knight, a leader in the French army and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known as a prolific serial killer of children... to live within her vagina dentata Vagina dentata Vagina dentata is Latin for toothed vagina. Various cultures have folk tales about women with toothed vaginas, frequently told as cautionary tales warning of the dangers of sex with strange women and to discourage the act of rape.... as a fang-toothed venomous snake that bites and paralyses men during intercourse. |
1974 | Blood Red, Sister Rose | Thomas Keneally Thomas Keneally Thomas Michael Keneally, AO is an Australian novelist, playwright and author of non-fiction. He is best known for writing Schindler's Ark, the Booker Prize-winning novel of 1982 which was inspired by the efforts of Poldek Pfefferberg, a Holocaust survivor... |
The novel explores the imagined psychology of Joan and tells her story from Domrémy Domremy Domremy or Domrémy is part of the name of several communes in France:* Domremy-la-Canne, in the Meuse department* Domrémy-la-Pucelle, in the Vosges department, formerly Domrémy, which was the birthplace of Joan of Arc... to the coronation of Charles VII Charles VII of France Charles VII , called the Victorious or the Well-Served , was King of France from 1422 to his death, though he was initially opposed by Henry VI of England, whose Regent, the Duke of Bedford, ruled much of France including the capital, Paris... . The conversations of Joan with her voices are a notable feature of the book. Significant secondary characters include Charles and Gilles de Rais Gilles de Rais Gilles de Montmorency-Laval , Baron de Rais, was a Breton knight, a leader in the French army and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known as a prolific serial killer of children... . ISBN 0-00-221087-8 |
1993 | The Second Coming of Joan of Arc | Carolyn Gage Carolyn Gage Carolyn Gage is an American playwright, actor and theatrical director. She is also an activist on lesbian and feminist issues. Gage was a Guest Lecturer at Bates College in 1998-99... |
A one woman-lesbian play. Joan returns to share her story with contemporary women. She tells her experiences with the highest levels of church, state, and military, and unmasks the brutal misogyny behind male institutions. ISBN 0-93-982106-0 |
1997 | An Army of Angels | Pamela Marcantel | A novel which depicts Joan of Arc according to the author's conception of her personality. ISBN 0-312-18042-X |
1999 | Jeanne d'Arc | Michel Peyramaure | A novel in two parts (in French). ISBN 2-221-08922-7 and ISBN 2-221-08923-5. |
2003 | Monstrous Regiment Monstrous Regiment (novel) Monstrous Regiment is the 31st novel in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. It takes its name from the anti-Catholic 16th century tract by John Knox, the full title of which is The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regimen of Women.... |
Terry Pratchett Terry Pratchett Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels... |
Part of the Discworld Discworld Discworld is a comic fantasy book series by English author Sir Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin. The books frequently parody, or at least take inspiration from, J. R. R.... series, a fictional character styled after Joan of Arc dresses as a man to lead an army. ISBN 0-06-001316-8 |
2005 | Hire, or the Anger of Jeanne | Régine Deforges Régine Deforges Régine Deforges is a French author, editor, director, and playwright.Born in Montmorillon, Vienne, she is sometimes called the "High Priestess of French erotic literature." Deforges was the first woman to own and operate a publishing house in France... |
(In French). ISBN 2-213-62497-6 |
2006 | Rogue Angel Series | Alex Archer | A series of action/adventure novels, the main character of which is the successor to Joan of Arc. |
2006 | Johanna (In German.) | Felicitas Hoppe | Postmodern novel rejecting any endeaver to fictionalize Joan of Arc. ISBN 978-359616743 |
2008 | "The Magician: Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" | Michael Scott | Fantasy novel in which Joan of Arc features prominently. She is an immortal living in modern day Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... . It is explained that she was rescued from her execution by the warrior Scathach Scáthach Scáthach is a figure in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. She is a legendary Scottish warrior woman and martial arts teacher who trains the legendary Ulster hero Cú Chulainn in the arts of combat... . |
Operas, oratorios, and vocal works
Date | Title | Composer | Genre | Notes |
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1789 | Giovanna d'Arco | Gaetano Andreozzi | opera | Libretto by Antonio Simeone Sografi. Premiere given at the Teatro Nuovo Eretenio in Vicenza on 27 June 1789. |
1790 | Jeanne d'Arc à Orléans | Rodolphe Kreutzer Rodolphe Kreutzer Rodolphe Kreutzer was a German violinist, teacher, conductor, and composer of forty French operas.-Biography:... |
opéra comique | Libretto by Pierre Jean Baptiste Choudard Desforges Pierre Jean Baptiste Choudard Desforges Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Choudard-Desforges was a French dramatist and man of letters.He was born in Paris, the natural son of Dr. Antoine Petit. He was educated at the College Mazarin and the College de Beauvais and, in accordance with his father's wishes, began the study of medicine. Dr... . Premiere given at the Comédie-Italienne in Paris on 10 May 1790. |
1821 | Giovanna d'Arco | Salvatore Viganò Salvatore Viganò Salvatore Viganò , was an Italian choreographer, dancer and composer.He was born in Naples. He studied composition with Luigi Boccherini and by the mid-1780s was composing original music. In 1788 he appeared as a dancer on the stage in Venice. He performed in the coronation festivities of... |
ballet | Plot influenced by Schiller. Premiered at La Scala on 3 March 1821. |
1821 | Jeanne d'Arc à Orléans | Michele Carafa Michele Carafa Michele Enrico Carafa di Colobrano was an Italian opera composer. He was born in Naples and studied in Paris with Luigi Cherubini. He was Professor of counterpoint at the Paris Conservatoire from 1840 to 1858... |
opéra comique | Libretto by Emmanuel Théaulon Emmanuel Théaulon Marie-Emmanuel-Guillaume-Marguerite Théaulon de Lambert was a French playwright.A customs inspector, then an inspector of military hospitals, he composed an Ode on the birth of the King of Rome which brought him thanks from Napoleon himself... and Armand Dartois after Schiller. Premiere given at the Théâtre Feydeau on 10 March 1821. |
1825 | Giovanna d'Arco | Giuseppe Nicolini Giuseppe Nicolini Giuseppe Nicolini was an Italian composer who wrote at least 45 operas. From 1819 onwards, he devoted himself primarily to religious music... |
opera | Libretto by Apostolo Zeno Apostolo Zeno Apostolo Zeno was a Venetian poet, librettist, journalist, and man of letters.-Early life:Apostolo Zeno was born of Cretan Greek descent in Venice in 1669... . Premiere given at the Teatro Regio di Torino on 22 January 1825. |
1827 | Giovanna d'Arco | Nicola Vaccai Nicola Vaccai Nicola Vaccai was an Italian composer, particularly of operas, and a singing teacher.-Life and career as a composer:... |
opera | Libretto by Gaetano Rossi Gaetano Rossi Gaetano Rossi was an Italian writer who wrote opera libretti for several composers including Mayr, Rossini, Donizetti, Mercadante, Pacini, and Meyerbeer.-Biography:... . Premiere given at La Fenice on 17 February 1827. |
1830 | Giovanna d'Arco | Giovanni Pacini Giovanni Pacini Giovanni Pacini was an Italian composer, best known for his operas. Pacini was born in Catania, Sicily, the son of the buffo Luigi Pacini, who was to appear in the premieres of many of Giovanni's operas... |
opera | Gaetano Barbieri after Schiller. Premiere given at La Scala on 14 March 1830. |
1837 | Joan of Arc | Michael William Balfe Michael William Balfe Michael William Balfe was an Irish composer, best-remembered for his opera The Bohemian Girl.After a short career as a violinist, Balfe pursued an operatic singing career, while he began to compose. In a career spanning more than 40 years, he composed 38 operas, almost 250 songs and other works... |
opera | London, 1837 |
1845 | Giovanna d'Arco Giovanna d'Arco Giovanna d'Arco is an operatic dramma lirico with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera.... |
Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century... |
opera | Libretto by Temistocle Solera Temistocle Solera Temistocle Solera was an Italian opera composer and librettist.He was born at Ferrara. He received his education at the Imperial College in Vienna and at the University of Pavia. Throughout his life he actively participated in anti-Austrian resistance. At one point, he was incarcerated for his... after Schiller. Premiere given at La Scala on 15 February 1845. |
1865 | Jeanne d'Arc | Gilbert Duprez Gilbert Duprez Gilbert Duprez was a French tenor, singing teacher and minor composer who famously pioneered the delivery of the operatic high C from the chest. He also created the role of Edgardo in the popular bel canto-era opera Lucia di Lammermoor in 1835.-Biography:Gilbert-Louis Duprez, to give his full... |
opera | Libretto by Joseph Méry Joseph Méry Joseph Méry was a French writer.Méry was born at Marseille. An ardent romanticist, he collaborated with Auguste Barthélemy in many of his satires and wrote a great number of stories, now forgotten... after Schiller. Premiere given in Paris on 24 October 1865. |
1873–1877 | Jeanne d'Arc | Text by Jules Barbier with music by Charles Gounod Charles Gounod Charles-François Gounod was a French composer, known for his Ave Maria as well as his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette.-Biography:... . |
drama in 5 acts | (Incidental music for Barbier's play) |
1878 | The Maid of Orleans | Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"... |
opera | Plot influenced by Schiller. |
1913 | Giovanna d'Arco, op.135 | Marco Enrico Bossi Marco Enrico Bossi Marco Enrico Bossi was an Italian organist, composer, improviser and pedagogue.-Life:Bossi was born in Salò, a town in the province of Brescia, Lombardy, into a family of musicians. His father, Pietro, was organist at Salò Cathedral, which has a one-manual organ built by Fratelli Serassi from 1865... |
oratorio Oratorio An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias... |
Libretto by Luigi Orsini after Schiller. |
1921 | Giovanna d'Arco | Alberto Pestalozza Alberto Pestalozza Alberto Pestalozza composed and published a popular Italian song, "Ciribiribin", in 1898.Born and died in Turin.-References:* *... |
Marionette opera | Libretto by the composer after Schiller. Premiered in Turin on 17 September 1921 |
1939 | Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher is an oratorio by Arthur Honegger, originally commissioned by Ida Rubinstein. The drama takes place during the heroine's trial and execution, with flashbacks to her younger days... |
Text by Paul Claudel Paul Claudel Paul Claudel was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism.-Life:... with music by Arthur Honegger Arthur Honegger Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. He was a member of Les six. His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work Pacific 231, which is interpreted as imitating the sound of a steam locomotive.-Biography:Born... |
dramatic oratorio | This deeply religious portrayal ends with the founder of the Inquisition accusing Joan's judges of heresy. |
1950 | The Triumph of St. Joan The Triumph of St. Joan The Triumph of St. Joan was originally an opera in three acts by Norman Dello Joio to an English language libretto on the subject of the martyrdom of Joan of Arc by Dello Joio and Joseph Machilis. It was premiered at Sarah Lawrence College on May 9, 1950. Although the opera was received positively,... |
An opera in 3 Acts by Norman Dello Joio Norman Dello Joio - Life :He was born Nicodemo DeGioio in New York City to Italian immigrants. He began his musical career as organist and choir director at the Star of the Sea Church on City Island in New York at age 14. His father was an organist, pianist, and vocal coach and coached many opera stars from the... |
Opera | Later adapted by the composer into an opera for television (1956), a one act opera (1959), and a symphony (1951). |
1953 | Ballade des Dames du temps jadis | Musical adaptation by Georges Brassens Georges Brassens Georges Brassens , 22 October 1921 – 29 October 1981), was a French singer-songwriter and poet.Brassens was born in Sète, a town in southern France near Montpellier... of a poem by François Villon François Villon François Villon was a French poet, thief, and vagabond. He is perhaps best known for his Testaments and his Ballade des Pendus, written while in prison... |
Art song | Though little known outside France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... , Brassens set a number of complex poems to music and often performed them himself. |
1956 | Le triomphe de Jeanne | Henri Tomasi Henri Tomasi Henri Tomasi was a French classical composer and conductor.- The early years :Henri Tomasi was born in Marseille, France, in the working class neighborhood on August 17, 1901. His father Xavier Tomasi and mother Josephine Vincensi were originally from La Casinca, Corsica... |
opera-oratorio | Libretto by the composer and Philippe Soupault after Schiller. Premiere given at the Théâtre-Cirque in Rouen on 23 June 1956. |
1966 | Choruses from The Lark, play by Jean Anouilh | music by Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim... |
set of choral pieces | Part of Bernstein's incidental score for a production of the play in an adaptation by Lillian Hellman Lillian Hellman Lillian Florence "Lily" Hellman was an American playwright, linked throughout her life with many left-wing causes... . |
1971 | The Survival of St. Joan The Survival of St. Joan The Survival of St. Joan is a rock opera by Smoke Rise on a libretto by James Lineberger. To date, it has not been issued on compact disc. It was first produced as a concept album on Paramount Records PAS-9000 by Stephen Schwartz in 1971... |
Text by James Lineberger; music by Hank Ruffin and Gary Ruffin | rock opera | Deals with a legend of Joan escaping burning and kept in the home of a shepherd. |
1989 | Mistero e processo di Giovanna d'Arco | Roberto De Simone | Melodrama | Libretto by the composer after Schiller. Premiered at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa on 26 October 1989. |
1994 | Voices of Light Voices of Light Voices of Light is a 1994 musical composition by Richard Einhorn. It was inspired by the silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. Live performances of the composition have accompanied screenings of the film... |
Richard Einhorn Richard Einhorn Richard Einhorn is a modern classical composer.Graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in New York City in 1975, studied composition and electronic music with Jack Beeson, Vladimir Ussachevsky, and Mario Davidovsky.... |
choral orchestral work | Inspired by the 1928 film The Passion of Joan of Arc The Passion of Joan of Arc The Passion of Joan of Arc is a silent film produced in France in 1928. It is based on the record of the trial of Joan of Arc. The film was directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer and stars Renée Jeanne Falconetti... , frequently performed during screenings of the film; uses sacred texts as well as texts by various medieval mystics, including Hildegard of Bingen Hildegard of Bingen Blessed Hildegard of Bingen , also known as Saint Hildegard, and Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, Benedictine abbess, visionary, and polymath. Elected a magistra by her fellow nuns in 1136, she founded the monasteries of Rupertsberg in 1150 and... . |
1997 | Jeanne, the Joan of Arc Musical | text by Vincent de Tourdonnet Vincent de Tourdonnet Vincent de Tourdonnet is one of Canada’s foremost writers of lyrics and books for the musical theatre. He has co-created several large-scale, epic musicals, as well as intimate, cabaret-style musicals... ; music by Peter Sipos |
musical theatre | Based on historical research. Translated into French by Antonine Maillet Antonine Maillet Antonine Maillet, is an Acadian novelist, playwright, and scholar. She was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick and lives in Montreal, Quebec.... renamed "Jeanne la Pucelle". |
Images
Date | Title | Artist | Location | Notes | Image |
10 May 1429 | untitled | Clément de Fauquembergue | Sketch in the margin of the register of the Parlement of Paris by Clément de Fauquembergue, 1429, drawn on the day that news arrived in Paris of the French victory at Orléans. Though Fauquembergue never saw her in person, this is the only extant depiction from her lifetime. | ||
c. 1450 | Le Champion des Dames | Martin Lefranc | Miniature portrait in an illustrated manuscript in an anachronistic Biblical setting, with long hair, wearing armor and a long robe. | ||
c. 1460 | Chronique de Charles VII Charles VII of France Charles VII , called the Victorious or the Well-Served , was King of France from 1422 to his death, though he was initially opposed by Henry VI of England, whose Regent, the Duke of Bedford, ruled much of France including the capital, Paris... |
Jean Chartier | Miniature portrait in an illustrated manuscript, similar portrayal to Le Champion des Dames. | ||
1484 | Vigiles du Roi Charles VII | Miniature portrait in an illuminated manuscript, similar portrayal to Le Champion des Dames. | |||
late 15th century | untitled | Hermitage of Notre-Dame de Bermont, France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
Fresco of two young women: one a peasant girl at prayer, the other dressed in male attire: possible depictions of Joan of Arc rediscovered underneath a later work. Joan of Arc was known to pray often at the site. | ||
1505 | untitled | Joan of Arc depicted on horseback in an illustration from a 1505 manuscript | |||
1557 | Portrait of the Town Council of Orléans | Joan of Arc wears a robe with slashed sleeves and a plume (symbolic of victory in war) and holds a sword. This became a model for many later portraits. | |||
1620 | Joan of Arc at Prayer | Peter Paul Rubens | North Carolina Museum of Art North Carolina Museum of Art The North Carolina Museum of Art is an art museum in Raleigh, North Carolina, featuring paintings and sculpture representing 5,000 years of artistic work from antiquity to the present. The museum features more than 40 galleries as well as more than a dozen works of art in its Museum Park... , Raleigh, NC Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh... |
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1824 | Jeanne d'Arc interrogated in prison by the cardinal of Winchester | Paul Delaroche | Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen Rouen Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages... |
oil on canvas 277 x 217 cm | |
1833 | Jeanne d'Arc, in the presence of Charles VII, answers questions from churchmen about her visions and revelations | Louvre Louvre The Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement... , Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... |
Gillot Saint-Èvre | 170 x 140 cm | |
1854 | Jeanne at the coronation of Charles VII | Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was a French Neoclassical painter. Although he considered himself to be a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, by the end of his life it was Ingres's portraits, both painted and drawn, that were recognized as his greatest... |
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1865 | Joan of Arc at Prayer | John Everett Millais John Everett Millais Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet, PRA was an English painter and illustrator and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.-Early life:... |
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1879 | Jeanne d'Arc | Jules Bastien-Lepage Jules Bastien-Lepage Jules Bastien-Lepage , was a French naturalist painter, a style related to the Realist movement.-Life and work:... |
Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the... , New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... |
oil on canvas 100" x 110" | |
1886 | Jeanne in adoration before the Virgin | Eugène Grandin, based on a work by Momet | Mehun-sur-Yèvre | ||
1880–1890 | Jeanne d'Arc hears her voices | Eugène Carrière Eugène Carrière Eugène Anatole Carrière was a French Symbolist artist of the Fin de siècle period. His work is best known for its brown monochrome palette. He was a close friend of the sculptor Rodin and his work influenced Picasso... |
Musée d'Orsay Musée d'Orsay The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, an impressive Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1915, including paintings, sculptures, furniture,... , Paris |
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1886–1890 | Jeanne d'Arc, shepherdess | Jules-Eugène Lenepveu | Panthéon Pantheon -Mythology:* Pantheon , the set of gods belonging to a particular mythology* Pantheon * Pantheon, Rome, now a Catholic church, once a temple to the gods of ancient Rome* Any temple dedicated to an entire pantheon-Other buildings:... , Paris |
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1886–1890 | Jeanne d'Arc in armor before Orléans | Jules-Eugène Lenepveu | Panthéon, Paris | ||
1886–1890 | Jeanne d'Arc in Rheims at the time of king Charles VII's coronation | Jules-Eugène Lenepveu | Panthéon, Paris | ||
1886–1890 | Jeanne at the stake | Jules-Eugène Lenepveu | Panthéon, Paris | ||
c. 1870 | Jeanne d'Arc arriving at Orléans | Jean-Jacques Scherrer | Musée Jeanne-d'Arc, Rouen Rouen Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages... |
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? | The departure of Jeanne d'Arc | Jean-Jacques Scherrer | Musée Jeanne-d'Arc, Vaucouleurs Vaucouleurs Vaucouleurs is a commune in the Meuse department.Joan of Arc stayed in Vaucouleurs for several months during 1428 and 1429 while she sought permission to visit the royal court of Charles VII of France.* Distance from Paris: -External links:* *... |
oil on canvas 430 x 320 cm | |
? | Joan of Arc at Vaucouleurs | C. R. Walter | Musée Jeanne-d'Arc, Chinon Chinon Chinon is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France well known for Château de Chinon.In the Middle Ages, Chinon developed especially during the reign of Henry II . The castle was rebuilt and extended, becoming one of his favorite residences... |
Sculpture
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1852 | François Rude François Rude François Rude was a French sculptor. He was the stepfather of Paul Cabet, a sculptor.Born in Dijon, he worked at his father's trade as a stovemaker till the age of sixteen, but received training in drawing from François Devosges, where he learned that a strong, simple contour was an invaluable... |
Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , Jardin du Luxembourg |
Standing figure. |
1855 | Denis Foyatier Denis Foyatier Denis Foyatier was a French sculptor in the neoclassical style.-Biography:... , with bas relief pedestal by Vital Dubray |
Orléans Orléans -Prehistory and Roman:Cenabum was a Gallic stronghold, one of the principal towns of the Carnutes tribe where the Druids held their annual assembly. It was conquered and destroyed by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, then rebuilt under the Roman Empire... , place du Martroi |
Bronze equestrian statue. |
1874 | Emmanuel Frémiet Emmanuel Frémiet Emmanuel Frémiet was a French sculptor. He is famous for his sculpture of Joan of Arc in Paris and the monument to Ferdinand de Lesseps in Suez.... |
Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Fairmount Park Fairmount Park is the municipal park system of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It consists of 63 parks, with , all overseen by the Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation, successor to the Fairmount Park Commission in 2010.-Fairmount Park proper:... |
Equestrian statue. Made from a plaster mold commissioned in 1874 by Napoleon III and originally located in Paris; a copy of the Paris statue was commissioned by Philadelphia, but Frémiet sent the original, as he had replaced the Paris statue with a revised one. http://www.brynmawr.edu/library/exhibits/jehanne/sculpture.html. http://www.brynmawr.edu/library/exhibits/jehanne/fairmont.html, http://www.philart.net/images/large/joanarc.jpg |
1882 | Frederic Leroux | Compiègne Compiègne Compiègne is a city in northern France. It is designated municipally as a commune within the département of Oise.The city is located along the Oise River... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
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1889 | Paul DuBois | Rheims, France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
Equestrian statue. |
1891 | Marius Mercié | Domrémy-la-Pucelle Domrémy-la-Pucelle Domrémy-la-Pucelle is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.The village, originally named Domrémy, is the birthplace of Joan of Arc. It has since been renamed Domrémy-la-Pucelle after Joan's nickname, la Pucelle d'Orléans .-Geography:Domrémy is positioned along the... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
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1892 | Louis-Ernest Barrias Louis-Ernest Barrias Louis-Ernest Barrias was a French sculptor of the Beaux-Arts school.He was born in Paris into a family of artists. His father was a porcelain-painter, and his older brother Félix-Joseph Barrias a well-known painter... |
Bonsecours Bonsecours Bonsecours is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A southern residential suburb of Rouen situated at the junction of the D6014, D6105 and the D95 roads... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
Standing figure in white marble and gold leaf. In 1990 the original was moved to the church basilica and its gold leaf was removed. A copy in gold leaf now occupies the site where the original once stood. |
1895 | Paul DuBois | Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , Place St. Augustin |
Equestrian Statue located in front of the Eglise St. Augustin. Copies were placed in other cities in France, such as Rheims and Strasbourg. |
1899 | Emmanuel Frémiet Emmanuel Frémiet Emmanuel Frémiet was a French sculptor. He is famous for his sculpture of Joan of Arc in Paris and the monument to Ferdinand de Lesseps in Suez.... |
Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , Place des Pyramides Place des Pyramides Place des Pyramides is a public square in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. It is located in the middle of the Rue de Rivoli, at its intersection with the Rue des Pyramides and Avenue du General Lemonnier, at the western end of the Tuileries Garden.... |
Equestrian statue. Originally commissioned in 1874 by Napoleon III; this is a revised version of the statue Frémiet made at that time. |
1900 | Prosper d'Épinay | Rheims, France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
Standing figure. Donated to Rheims cathedral in 1909. |
1907 | Emmanuel Frémiet | State Library of Victoria State Library of Victoria The State Library of Victoria is the central library of the state of Victoria, Australia, located in Melbourne. It is on the block bounded by Swanston, La Trobe, Russell, and Little Lonsdale streets, in the northern centre of the central business district... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
Equestrian statue, replica of the Emmanuel Frémiet Emmanuel Frémiet Emmanuel Frémiet was a French sculptor. He is famous for his sculpture of Joan of Arc in Paris and the monument to Ferdinand de Lesseps in Suez.... statue in Paris. |
1915 | Anna Hyatt Huntington Anna Hyatt Huntington Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington was an American sculptor.-Life and career:Huntington was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her father, Alpheus Hyatt, was a professor of paleontology and zoology at Harvard University and MIT, and served as a contributing factor to her early interest in animals and... |
New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... , Riverside Park Riverside Park (Manhattan) Riverside Park is a scenic waterfront public park on the Upper West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, operated and maintained by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. The park consists of a narrow four-mile strip of land between the Hudson River and the gently... at 93rd Street |
Equestrian statue. This was the first public statue in the city to be dedicated to a woman (as opposed to idealized concepts such as Liberty and Victory). Information from the New York Public Art Curriculum site: http://www.blueofthesky.com/publicart/works/joanofarc.htm. A replica of this statue can also be found in Gloucester, Massachusetts Gloucester, Massachusetts Gloucester is a city on Cape Ann in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is part of Massachusetts' North Shore. The population was 28,789 at the 2010 U.S. Census... |
1915 | Paul Manship Paul Manship Paul Howard Manship was an American sculptor.-Life:Manship began his art studies at the St. Paul School of Art in Minnesota. From there he moved to Philadelphia and continued his education at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts... |
Smithsonian American Art Museum Smithsonian American Art Museum The Smithsonian American Art Museum is a museum in Washington, D.C. with an extensive collection of American art.Part of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum has a broad variety of American art that covers all regions and art movements found in the United States... |
Medal, showing an equestrian figure on the obverse and a figure at the stake on the reverse. |
After 1921 | Matane Matane Matane is a city in Quebec, Canada.Matane may also refer to:*Matane , Quebec*Matane Regional County Municipality, Quebec*Matane River, Quebec*Paulias Matane, Governor-General of Papua New Guinea... , Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... , church of St. Joan of Arc |
Standing figure. | |
1922 | Paul DuBois | Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution.... , Meridian Hill Park Meridian Hill Park Meridian Hill Park, is located in the Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Columbia Heights in the United States. The 12 acres of landscaped grounds are maintained by the National Park Service as part of Rock Creek Park, but are not contiguous with the main part of that park... |
Bronze copy of the statue by DuBois at Rheims Cathedral. |
1920 | St. Louis Cathedral St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans Saint Louis Cathedral , also known as the Basilica of St. Louis, King of France, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans; it has the distinction of being the oldest continuously operating cathedral in the United States... , New Orleans, Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties... |
Standing figure. It was donated to the Cathedral by "The Sodality of Saint Joan of Arc." | |
cast 1924 | Emmanuel Frémiet | Portland, Oregon Portland, Oregon Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States... , Laurelhurst neighborhood |
Equestrian statue. It was erected as a tribute to the fallen soldiers of World War I and is a replica of the Frémiet statue at Place des Pyramides in Paris. http://www.portlandground.com/archives/2005/01/joan_of_arc_in.php |
1947 | Laval (Quebec) | Standing figure. | |
? | Lanson | Jargeau Jargeau Jargeau is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.It lies about south of Paris.-External links:*... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... place du Martroy |
Standing figure |
? | ? | Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica - Montreal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... , Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Standing figure, to the left of the altar. |
1972 | Emmanuel Frémiet | Decatur Street, French Market French Market The French Market is a market and series of commercial buildings in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.It stretches just inland from the Mississippi River in the section of the French Quarter downriver from Jackson Square, with the famous Café du Monde at the upriver end, down to the... - New Orleans, Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties... |
Equestrian statue. It was a gift from the People of France to the City of New Orleans and is a replica of the Frémiet statue at Place des Pyramides in Paris. |
Films
Date | Title | Country | Notes | 1898 | Jeanne d'Arc | France | short film directed by Georges Hatot | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449988/ |
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1899 | Jeanne d'Arc Jeanne d'Arc (1899 film) Jeanne d'Arc is a short silent film about Joan of Arc. The medieval film, released in 1900, was written and directed by Georges Méliès.... |
France | short film directed by George Méliès starring Jeanne d'Alcy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132251/ |
1908 | Jeanne d'Arc | France | directed by Albert Capellani, starring Léontine Massart | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460980/ |
1908 | Giovanna d'Arco | Italy | directed by Mario Caserini starring Maria Gasperini, based on Schiller's play | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177806/ |
1913 | Giovanna d'Arco | Italy | directed by Ubaldo Maria Del Colle starring Maria Jacobini | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177807/ |
1917 | Joan the Woman Joan the Woman Joan the Woman is a 1916 silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Geraldine Farrar as Joan of Arc.It was the first film to use the Handschiegl Color Process for certain scenes... |
USA | directed by Cecil B. DeMille Cecil B. DeMille Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies... , starring Geraldine Farrar Geraldine Farrar Geraldine Farrar was an American soprano opera singer and film actress, noted for her beauty, acting ability, and "the intimate timbre of her voice." She had a large following among young women, who were nicknamed "Gerry-flappers".- Early life and opera career :Farrar was born in Melrose,... , with a framework set in the trenches of World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008150/ |
1927 | Saint Joan | USA | Directed by Widgey R. Newman, starring Sybil Thorndike Sybil Thorndike Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike CH DBE was a British actress.-Early life:She was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire to Arthur Thorndike and Agnes Macdonald. Her father was a Canon of Rochester Cathedral... . Based on a scene from Shaw's play. |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366999/ |
1928 | The Passion of Joan of Arc The Passion of Joan of Arc The Passion of Joan of Arc is a silent film produced in France in 1928. It is based on the record of the trial of Joan of Arc. The film was directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer and stars Renée Jeanne Falconetti... |
France | Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer Carl Theodor Dreyer Carl Theodor Dreyer, Jr. was a Danish film director. He is regarded by many critics and filmmakers as one of the greatest directors in cinema.-Life:Dreyer was born illegitimate in Copenhagen, Denmark... , starring Renée Jeanne Falconetti Renée Jeanne Falconetti Renée Jeanne Falconetti , sometimes credited as Maria Falconetti, Marie Falconetti, Renée Maria Falconetti, or, simply, Falconetti, was a French stage and film actress, notable for her role as Joan of Arc in Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 silent film, La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc.Born... . Review for the 2002 DVD release:http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/27/joanofarc.html. Widely regarded as one of the greatest films of the silent era, it was initially banned in Britain. |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019254/ |
1929 | The Marvelous Life of Joan of Arc | France | directed by Marco de Gastines, starring Simone Genevois | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020165/ |
1935 | Das Mädchen Johanna | Germany | directed by Gustav Ucicky, starring Angela Salloker | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026761/ |
1944 | De Jeanne d'Arc à Philippe Pétain | France | documentary narrated by Sacha Guitry | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0456369/ |
1948 | Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (1948 film) Joan of Arc is a 1948 Technicolor film directed by Victor Fleming; starring Ingrid Bergman as the French religious icon and war heroine. It was produced by Walter Wanger. It is based on Maxwell Anderson's successful Broadway play Joan of Lorraine, which also starred Bergman, and was adapted for the... |
USA | directed by Victor Fleming Victor Fleming Victor Lonzo Fleming was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular films were The Wizard of Oz , and Gone with the Wind , for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director.-Life and career:Fleming was born in La Canada, California, the son of Elizabeth Evaleen ... , starring Ingrid Bergman, based on the Maxwell Anderson Maxwell Anderson James Maxwell Anderson was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist.-Early years:Anderson was born in Atlantic, Pennsylvania, the second of eight children to William Lincoln "Link" Anderson, a Baptist minister, and Charlotte Perrimela Stephenson, both of Scots and Irish descent... play Joan of Lorraine |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040491/ |
1954 | Giovanna d'Arco al rogo Giovanna d'Arco al rogo Giovanna d'Arco al rogo is a 1954 Italian film directed by Roberto Rossellini and starring his wife Ingrid Bergman, which shows a live performance on December 1953 at the San Carlo Theatre in Naples. It is based on the oratorio Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher by Paul Claudel and Arthur Honegger... |
Italy | directed by Roberto Rossellini Roberto Rossellini Roberto Rossellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta to the movement.-Early life:Born in Rome, Roberto Rossellini lived on the Via Ludovisi, where Benito Mussolini had... , starring Ingrid Bergman, based on the oratorio by Paul Claudel Paul Claudel Paul Claudel was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism.-Life:... and Arthur Honegger Arthur Honegger Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. He was a member of Les six. His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work Pacific 231, which is interpreted as imitating the sound of a steam locomotive.-Biography:Born... |
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1954 | Destinies | France | a film in sketches directed by Jean Delannoy, starring Michèle Morgan | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044544/ |
1956 | Jehanne | France | short film directed by Robert Enrico | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316060/ |
1957 | Saint Joan Saint Joan (1957 film) Saint Joan is a 1957 British-American film adapted from the George Bernard Shaw play of the same title about the life of Joan of Arc. The restructured screenplay by Graham Greene, directed by Otto Preminger, begins with the play's last scene, which then becomes the springboard for a long flashback,... |
USA | directed by Otto Preminger Otto Preminger Otto Ludwig Preminger was an Austro–Hungarian-American theatre and film director.After moving from the theatre to Hollywood, he directed over 35 feature films in a five-decade career. He rose to prominence for stylish film noir mysteries such as Laura and Fallen Angel... , starring Jean Seberg Jean Seberg Jean Dorothy Seberg was an American actress. She starred in 37 films in Hollywood and in France, including Breathless , the musical Paint Your Wagon and the disaster film Airport .... , based on the George Bernard Shaw play |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050928/ |
1957 | The Story of Mankind The Story of Mankind (1957 film) The Story of Mankind is a 1957 American fantasy film, based on the nonfiction book The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon, which is notable mostly for its campness, and for featuring an ensemble of notable Hollywood performers in the last years of their careers... |
USA | directed by Irwin Allen, featuring Hedy Lamarr Hedy Lamarr Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American actress celebrated for her great beauty who was a major contract star of MGM's "Golden Age".Lamarr also co-invented – with composer George Antheil – an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping, necessary to wireless... in one sequence as Joan of Arc. The film is based on a book by Hendrik Willem van Loon Hendrik Willem van Loon Hendrik Willem van Loon was a Dutch-American historian and journalist.-Life:He was born in Rotterdam, the son of Hendrik Willem van Loon and Elisabeth Johanna Hanken. He went to the United States in 1902 to study at Cornell University, receiving his degree in 1905... . |
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1957 | The Lark | USA | live TV production in English of L'Alouette, starring Julie Harris Julie Harris Julia Ann "Julie" Harris is an American stage, screen, and television actress. She has won five Tony Awards, three Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award, and was nominated for an Academy Award. In 1994, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts. She is a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame... , who also played the role on Broadway |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0595392/ |
1958 | Saint Joan | UK | TV adaptation of Shaw's play, starring Siobhan McKenna | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337136/ |
1960 | Jeanne D'Arc auf dem Scheiterhaufen | Germany | movie for television starring Margot Trooger, another version of the Honegger oratorio | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0342595/ |
1961 | Jeanne au Vitrail | France | short film directed by Claude Antoine | |
1962 | Procès de Jeanne d'Arc Procès de Jeanne d'Arc The Trial of Joan of Arc is a 1962 historical film by the French director Robert Bresson. Joan of Arc is played by Florence Delay.As usual in Bresson's mature films, The Trial of Joan of Arc stars non-professional performers and is filmed in an extremely spare, restrained style... |
France | directed by Robert Bresson Robert Bresson -Life and career:Bresson was born at Bromont-Lamothe, Puy-de-Dôme, the son of Marie-Élisabeth and Léon Bresson. Little is known of his early life and the year of his birth, 1901 or 1907, varies depending on the source. He was educated at Lycée Lakanal in Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, close to Paris, and... , starring Florence Delay |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059616/ |
1962 | Histoire de Jeanne | France | short film directed by Francis Lacassin | |
1966 | Fall Jeanne d'Arc, Der | Germany | TV movie directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Kathrin Schmid | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0336411/ |
1967 | Saint Joan | United States | NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago... television adaptation of Shaw's play, starring Geneviève Bujold Geneviève Bujold Geneviève Bujold is a Canadian actress best known for her portrayal of Anne Boleyn in the 1969 film Anne of the Thousand Days, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for best actress and was nominated for an Academy Award.... |
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1968 | St. Joan | UK | another television adaptation of Shaw's play, starring Janet Suzman Janet Suzman Dame Janet Suzman, DBE is a South African-born-British actress and director.-Early life:Janet Suzman was born in Johannesburg to a Jewish family, the daughter of Betty and Saul Suzman, a wealthy importer of tobacco.... |
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1970 | Nachalo - The Début | USSR | directed by Gleb Panfilov, starring Inna Churikova Inna Churikova Inna Mikhailovna Churikova is a Soviet Russian film and theatre actress.-Biography:... , satiric comedy |
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1983 | Joan of Arc | UK | directed by Gina Newson with commentary by Marina Warner | |
1989 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is a 1989 American science fiction–comedy buddy film and the first film in the Bill & Ted franchise in which two metalhead slackers travel through time to assemble a menagerie of historical figures for their high school history presentation.The film was written by... |
USA | Jane Wiedlin Jane Wiedlin Jane Marie Genevieve Wiedlin is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and actress. She is best known as the rhythm guitarist of the all-female New Wave band The Go-Go's.-Early life:... portrayed Joan of Arc. Memorable lines include "Who was Joan of Arc?" "Noah's wife?" and "Welcome aboard, Miss of Arc!" |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096928/ |
1989 | Giovanna d'Arco | Italy | Verdi's opera directed by Werner Herzog Werner Herzog Werner Herzog Stipetić , known as Werner Herzog, is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and opera director.He is often considered as one of the greatest figures of the New German Cinema, along with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, Werner... starring Susan Dunn Susan Dunn Susan Dunn is an award winning American spinto soprano who has graced many of the world's finest opera houses, concert halls, and theaters in operas, oratorios, and concert performances. Dunn is particularly admired for her portrayals of Verdi heroines... , based on Schiller's play |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254356/ |
1989 | Johanna D'Arc of Mongolia Joan of Arc of Mongolia Joan of Arc of Mongolia is a 1989 German drama film directed by Ulrike Ottinger. It was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Badema* Lydia Billiet* Christoph Eichhorn as Officer's attache* Sevimbike Elibay as 3... |
West Germany, France | Sprawling epic directed by Ulrike Ottinger Ulrike Ottinger Ulrike Ottinger is a German filmmaker, documentarian photographer and professor at European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.-Biography:From 1959 she was a visiting student at the Academy of Arts in Munich and worked as a painter... , entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival 39th Berlin International Film Festival The 39th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 10 to 21, 1989.-Jury:* Rolf Liebermann * Leslie Caron* Chen Kaige* Vadim Glowna* Randa Haines* Vladimir Ignatovski* Adrian Kutter* Francisco Rabal... |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095406/ |
1990 | Jeanne d'Ark - visjon gjennom eld | Norway | television movie written by Juni Dahr and John Morrow | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491409/ |
1993 | Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher | Japan | TV movie of the Honegger-Claudel oratorio (in French), starring Marthe Keller | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0260106/ |
1994 | Jeanne la Pucelle | France | directed by Jacques Rivette Jacques Rivette Jacques Rivette is a French film director. His most well known films include Celine and Julie Go Boating, La Belle Noiseuse and the cult film Out 1.... , starring Sandrine Bonnaire Sandrine Bonnaire Sandrine Bonnaire is a French actress, who has appeared in more than 40 films including Hollywood movies.Bonnaire was born in the town of Gannat, Allier, in the Auvergne region. She was born into a working-class family, the seventh of eleven children. Her acting career began at the age of 16 in... |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107259/ |
1999 | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc is a French/American historical drama film directed by Luc Besson. The screenplay was written by Besson and Andrew Birkin, and the original music score was composed by Éric Serra.... |
USA | directed by Luc Besson Luc Besson Luc Besson is a French film director, writer, and producer. He is the creator of EuropaCorp film company. He has been involved with over 50 films, spanning 26 years, as writer, director, and/or producer.-Early life:... , starring Milla Jovovich Milla Jovovich Milla Jovovich December 17, 1975)is an American model, actress, musician, and fashion designer. Over her career, she has appeared in a number of science fiction and action-themed films, for which music channel VH1 has referred to her as the "reigning queen of kick-butt".Milla Jovovich began... |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151137/ |
1999 | Joan of Arc | USA | television mini-series starring Leelee Sobieski Leelee Sobieski Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta Sobieski , known professionally as Leelee Sobieski, is an American actress. Sobieski achieved recognition in her mid-teens for her performance in the 1998 film Deep Impact... |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178145/ |
1999 | Wired Angel | USA | experimental feature directed by Sam Wells Sam Wells Sam Wells is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Otago Volts in the Plunket Shield.-External links:*... , music by Joe Renzetti Joe Renzetti -Early life and education:Joseph Renzetti - Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaJoe Renzetti studied composing and orchestrating under Nicholas Flagello, NYC, Manhattan School of Music... |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034088/ |
2004 | Jeanne d'Arc | France | television production in ballet directed by Laurent Preyale | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0495715/ |
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1970 | Songs of Love and Hate Songs of Love and Hate Songs of Love and Hate is Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen's third album. It was mainly recorded in Columbia Studio A, Nashville, from September 22 to 26, 1970. "Sing Another Song, Boys" was recorded at the Isle of Wight Festival on August 30, 1970. Further recording took place at ... (album) |
Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships... |
Contains a song titled "Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (Leonard Cohen song) "Joan of Arc" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen. It was released as a single in March 1971 from his third album, Songs of Love and Hate... ," and lyrics in the song "Last Year's Man" that refers to her: "I met a lady, she was playing with her soldiers in the dark, oh one by one she had to tell them that her name was Joan of Arc." |
1981 | Architecture & Morality Architecture & Morality Architecture & Morality is the third album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1981. It is the group's most commercially and critically successful album, selling over 3 million copies. Released just eighteen months after their debut album, it demonstrated both OMD's continuing musical... (album) |
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark are a synthpop group whose founding members are originally from the Wirral Peninsula, England... |
Contains two songs about Joan of Arc titled "Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (OMD song) "Joan of Arc" is a song by British band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released as the second single from their third studio album Architecture & Morality.The video for Joan of Arc was filmed at Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire... " and "Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans) Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc) "Joan of Arc " is a song by British band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and was the third single released from their third studio album Architecture & Morality.... ", both were released as singles Single (music) In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear... . |
1986 | "Bigmouth Strikes Again Bigmouth Strikes Again "Bigmouth Strikes Again" is a song by The Smiths. It appears on their third album The Queen Is Dead and was the lead single from the album, reaching #26 in the UK Singles Chart in 1986... " (song) |
The Smiths The Smiths The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce... |
Includes the lyrics, "And now I know how Joan of Arc felt, as the flames rose to her Roman nose and her Walkman Walkman Walkman is a Sony brand tradename originally used for portable audio cassette, and now used to market Sony's portable audio and video players as well as a line of Sony Ericsson mobile phones... started to melt," and "And now I know how Joan of Arc felt, as the flames rose to her Roman nose and her hearing aid started to melt." |
1993 | Houdini Houdini (album) Some vinyl copies include a cover of "Rocket Reducer No. 62 ", originally by the MC5, instead of "Spread Eagle Beagle". A Japanese CD release also contains "Rocket Reducer No... (album) |
The Melvins The Melvins The Melvins are an American band that formed in 1983. They usually perform as a trio, but in recent years have performed as a four piece with two drummers. Since 1984, singer and guitarist Buzz Osborne and drummer Dale Crover have been the band's constant members... |
Contains a song titled "Joan of Arc". |
1994 | Voices of Light Voices of Light Voices of Light is a 1994 musical composition by Richard Einhorn. It was inspired by the silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. Live performances of the composition have accompanied screenings of the film... (album) |
Richard Einhorn Richard Einhorn Richard Einhorn is a modern classical composer.Graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in New York City in 1975, studied composition and electronic music with Jack Beeson, Vladimir Ussachevsky, and Mario Davidovsky.... |
An oratorio inspired by the silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc The Passion of Joan of Arc The Passion of Joan of Arc is a silent film produced in France in 1928. It is based on the record of the trial of Joan of Arc. The film was directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer and stars Renée Jeanne Falconetti... . The libretto is based on excerpts from a variety of ancient writings, most of it from Medieval female mystics. |
formed 1995 | Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (band) Joan of Arc are an American indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois. They formed in 1995, following the breakup of Cap'n Jazz.Singer Tim Kinsella has been the only permanent member of the group; he has also recorded as a solo artist.... |
The name of an indie rock Indie rock Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others... band from Chicago |
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1996 | Joan of Arc (album) | Radha Sahar | An album that describes the life and times of Joan of Arc in a contemporary, classical and choral work. |
first release 1998 | Janne Da Arc Janne Da Arc is a Japanese rock band from Hirakata, Osaka. The band's name is often seen shortened to either "Janne" or "JDA".- Career :The band is currently signed to the Motorod record label, which is owned by Avex Group... |
Japanese rock band named after the character in the manga Devilman Devilman is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai which originally started as an anime adaptation of the concept of Nagai's previous manga series, Demon Lord Dante. A 39 episode anime series was developed by Toei in 1972 and Nagai began Devilman as a manga in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen... by Go Nagai Go Nagai , better known by the penname , is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with Meakashi Polikichi, but is best known for creating Cutie Honey, Devilman, and Mazinger Z in the 1970s. In 2005, he became a... |
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1999 | "She’s So High She's So High (Tal Bachman song) "She's So High" is a song written and performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Tal Bachman. It was released as a single in 1999 from his eponymous album, Tal Bachman. The song won a BMI award and a Juno Award for Best Producer.- Music video :... " (song) |
Tal Bachman Tal Bachman Talmage "Tal" Bachman is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for his late 1999 hit, "She's So High," from his self-titled 1999 album.-Biography and musical career:... |
Includes the lyrics, "She's so high/ like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, or Aphrodite Aphrodite Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.Her Roman equivalent is the goddess .Historically, her cult in Greece was imported from, or influenced by, the cult of Astarte in Phoenicia.... ", which speaks of the focus woman as being as smart as Cleopatra, as brave as Joan of Arc, and as beautiful as Aphrodite. |
2000 | "The Hall of the Olden Dreams The Hall of the Olden Dreams The Hall of the Olden Dreams 2000 is the second full-length album released by Spanish power metal band Dark Moor.Many of the songs are based on historic figures or events, like "Maid of Orleans", "Bells of Notre Dame", and "Quest for the Eternal Fame", among others... "(Album) |
Dark Moor Dark Moor Dark Moor is a Spanish power metal band from Madrid. Formed in 1993, they produced three full-length albums before undergoing a line-up change in which three members left the band to form their own project, Dreamaker... |
An album released from a Spanish power metal Power metal Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a... band. The album contains a song titled "Maid of Orleans", which is about life of Joan of Arc. |
2002 | "Did Anybody Sleep With Joan of Arc?" (song) | Elton John Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor... (music), Bernie Taupin Bernie Taupin Bernard John "Bernie" Taupin is an English lyricist, poet, and singer, best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John, writing the lyrics for the majority of the star's songs, making his lyrics some of the best known in pop-rock's history.In 1967, Taupin answered an advertisement in... (lyrics) |
A summary of Joan of Arc's life. |
"Free & Easy" (song) | Ayumi Hamasaki Ayumi Hamasaki is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to... |
Japanese singer and songwriter, based the lyrics and music video for her single from her interpretation on Joan of Arc’s feelings. She also produced a photobook entitled "Hamasaki Republic - Free & Easy" where she was dressed as a warrior, a nun, and a knight. | |
2003 | "Cadence" (song) | Anberlin Anberlin Anberlin is an American rock band formed in Winter Haven, Florida in 2002. Since the beginning of 2007, the band has consisted of lead vocalist Stephen Christian, guitarists Joseph Milligan and Christian McAlhaney, bassist Deon Rexroat, and drummer Nathan Young.Members of Anberlin originally formed... |
Includes the lyrics "Burning like Joan of Arc to See You", appearing on the band's debut album Blueprints for the Black Market Blueprints for the Black Market Blueprints for the Black Market is the first album released by the band Anberlin. It was released barely a year after the band formed, and was the only album that was released with guitarist Joey Bruce in the band line-up. Blueprints had two singles, "Readyfuels", for which a music video was... . |
2004 | A Lifetime of Temporary Relief (album) | Low (band) Low (band) Low is an American indie rock group from Duluth, Minnesota, formed in 1993. As of 2010, the group is composed of Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker , both founding members, and Steve Garrington .... |
Minnesota-based indie rock Indie rock Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others... band released two versions of their song "Joan of Arc." |
2005 | Plague Angel Plague Angel Plague Angel is the ninth studio album by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was recorded and mixed at Endarker Studio in September 2004 and released that November by Regain Records. Plague Angel is the first Marduk album to feature Mortuus on vocals and Magnus "Devo" Andersson, ex-guitarist for... (album) |
Marduk Marduk (band) Marduk is a black metal band from Norrköping, Sweden. The band formed in 1990 and released their first record in 1991. Their name is derived from the Babylonian god Marduk, patron deity of Babylon.-Musical style:... |
Black metal Black metal Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure.... band from Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... , have a song entitled "Everything Bleeds", which is about Jeanne d'Arc. |
2005 | Aerial Aerial (album) Aerial is the eighth studio album by British singer-songwriter and musician Kate Bush.-Overview:Aerial is Bush's first double album, and was released after a twelve year absence from the music industry during which Bush devoted her time to family and the rearing of her son, Bertie... (album) |
Kate Bush Kate Bush Kate Bush is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic vocal style have made her one of the United Kingdom's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years.In 1978, at the age of 19, Bush topped the UK Singles Chart... |
Sings about Joan of Arc in "Joanni." |
2005 | Jeanne d'Arc (album) | Thy Majestie Thy Majestie Thy Majestie is an Italian Power metal band that formed in 2000. Their music is typically cinematic, epic, symphonic, progressive and darker than typical power metal with symphonic influences. They have released four full-length albums.-Biography:... |
Concept album about Joan of Arc by a power metal Power metal Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a... band from Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... . |
2005 | Jeanne d'Arc (album) | Tangerine Dream Tangerine Dream Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member... |
Musical tribute to Joan of Arc performed on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the French Cathedral in Berlin Französischer Dom Französischer Dom is the colloquial naming for the French Church of Friedrichstadt located in Berlin on the Gendarmenmarkt across from the Deutscher Dom , formerly a church of German-speaking congregants. Louis Cayart and Abraham Quesnay built the first parts of the actual French Church from 1701... . |
2006 | "World of Stone" (song) | Blackmore's Night Blackmore's Night Blackmore's Night is an English-American traditional folk rock duo led by Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night .-Early:... |
The song is about Joan of Arc, appearing on their 5th studio album, The Village Lanterne The Village Lanterne The Village Lanterne is a fifth studio album by the renaissance rock band Blackmore's Night, released on Steamhammer US on 4 April 2006. It featured the single "Just Call My Name ".In 2006 the album went Gold in Russia... . |
2006 | "The Martyr's Lounge" (song) | Ellis Paul Ellis Paul Ellis Paul is an American singer-songwriter and folk musician. Born in Aroostook County, Maine, Paul is a key figure in what has become known as the Boston school of songwriting, a literate, provocative and urbanely romantic folk-pop style that helped ignite the folk revival of the 1990s... |
Includes the lyrics, "JFK, Joan of Arc / sit in the corner, kissing in the dark". |
2008 | The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter is the fifth full-length album by American singer-songwriter Josh Ritter. It was released in the U.S. on August 21, 2007, in Ireland on September 7, 2007 through Independent Records, and released in the rest of Europe on October 1, 2007 by V2 Records... (album) |
Josh Ritter Josh Ritter Josh Ritter is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and author who performs and records with The Royal City Band. Ritter is known for his distinctive Americana style and narrative lyrics. In 2006 he was named one of the "100 Greatest Living Songwriters" by Paste magazine.- Early life :Josh... |
The song "To the Dogs or Whoever" (the album's opening track) mentions Joan of Arc and other historical women |
2008 | "Lenders In The Temple" (song) | Conor Oberst Conor Oberst Conor Mullen Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, Norman Bailer , Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, and Monsters of Folk.-Musical career:Oberst began... |
Includes the lyrics "So watch your back, the Ides of March, Cut your hair like Joan of Arc" |
2010 | Teenage Dream Teenage Dream (Katy Perry album) Teenage Dream is the third studio album by American recording artist Katy Perry. It was released on August 24, 2010, through Capitol Records. The album's inspiration came from dance, pop, and rock by 1980s artists, including ABBA and The Cardigans. Perry worked with several writers and producers on... (album) |
Katy Perry Katy Perry Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a... |
Includes the lyrics "She could be a Joan of Arc" |
Television
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1972–1978 | Maude Maude (TV series) Maude was an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972 until April 22, 1978.Maude starred Beatrice Arthur as Maude Findlay, an outspoken, middle-aged, politically liberal woman living in suburban Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York with... |
CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of... sitcom. The theme song And Then There's Maude "And Then There's Maude " is the theme song for the television series Maude , written by Marilyn and Alan Bergman and Dave Grusin, and performed by Donny Hathaway.... includes the line 'Joan of Arc with the Lord to guide her/she was a sister who really cooked.' |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068103/ | |
1995–1998 | Wishbone Wishbone (TV series) Wishbone is a television show which aired from 1995 to 1998 and reruns from 1998 to 2001 in the United States featuring a Jack Russell Terrier of the same name. The main character, the talking dog Wishbone, lives with his owner Joe Talbot in the fictional modern town of Oakdale, Texas... |
The central premise of the series is a dog who daydreams about stories from classical literature. Episode 11, Bone of Arc, is based on Mark Twain Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist... 's Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Mark Twain's work on Joan of Arc is titled in full, Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte, who is identified further as Joan's page and secretary... ; usually portraying the lead character, Wishbone instead portrays Louis de Conte. |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112225/ | |
2000–2002 | Witchblade Witchblade (TV series) Following a pilot film in August 2000, the cable network TNT premiered a Witchblade television series based on the Witchblade Top Cow Productions comic book series in 2001. Some of the episodes were written by Ralph Hemecker, Marc Silvestri and J.D... |
TNT Turner Network Television Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner... series based on the Witchblade Witchblade Witchblade is an American comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics, from 1995 until present. The series was created by Top Cow editors Marc Silvestri and David Wohl, writers Brian Haberlin and Christina Z, and artist Michael Turner.The series follows Sara... comic book series. |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274298/ | |
2003–2005 | Joan of Arcadia Joan of Arcadia Joan of Arcadia is an American television fantasy/family drama telling the story of teenager Joan Girardi , who sees and speaks with God and performs tasks she is given. The series originally aired on Fridays, 8-9 p.m... |
CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of... series theme inspired by Joan of Arc, features a girl about Joan's age who speaks with God and uses His influence to do good deeds in her community. Washington Times article: http://www.washtimes.com/culture/20040519-111643-7038r.htm. |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367345/ | |
2004 | Wonderfalls Wonderfalls Wonderfalls is a comedy-drama television series that was broadcast on the Fox television network in 2004.The show centres on Jaye Tyler , a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, who holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop... |
Fox Television series theme inspired by Joan of Arc. | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361256/ | |
2006–2007 | Heroes (TV series) Heroes (TV series) Heroes is an American science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring that appeared on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006 through February 8, 2010. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover superhuman abilities, and how these abilities take effect in the... |
NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago... drama. The metafictional comic book, "9th Wonders" features a character called St. Joan. It is strongly implied that muscle mimic, Monica Dawson is meant to fill this role in the series. |
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2011 | Deadliest Warrior Deadliest Warrior Deadliest Warrior is a television program in which information on historical or modern warriors and their weapons are used to determine which of them is the "deadliest" based upon tests performed during each episode... |
Spike TV Spike TV Spike is an American cable television channel. It launched on March 7, 1983 as The Nashville Network , a joint venture of WSM, Inc... series; Joan of Arc was one of the warriors featured in Season 3. She defeated William the Conqueror. Virginia Hankins played Joan of Arc. |
http://www.spike.com/blog/joan-of-arc-wants-to/103704 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1804768/fullcredits#cast |
Video games and computer games
Date | Game | Notes |
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1988 | Joan of Arc - Siege and the Sword / Jeanne d'Arc | Historically based strategy and action game for Amiga, ST and PC. |
1992 | World Heroes World Heroes is a series of fighting games created by ADK originally created for the Neo Geo MVS arcade cabinets with the assistance of SNK, though some of the games in the series were also ported to the Neo Geo AES and Neo-Geo CD platforms, as well as some non-SNK platforms such as the Super NES and the Sega... series |
NeoGeo Neo Geo (console) The is a cartridge-based arcade and home video game system released on July 1, 1991 by Japanese game company SNK. Being in the Fourth generation of Gaming, it was the first console in the former Neo Geo family, which only lived through the 1990s... fighting game. The character Janne D'Arc, a beautiful French swordwoman with pyrokinetic powers, is very much inspired by Joan of Arc. |
1995 | Soul Edge Soul Edge is a 3D arcade fighting game developed by Project Soul and published by Namco. It is the first installment in the Soul series of fighting games... |
Fighting game released by Namco Namco is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of... about a sword full of evil spirits. The character Sophitia Alexandra shares a similar story to Joan of Arc. |
1999 | Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings is a real-time strategy video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft. Released in 1999 for the Microsoft Windows and Macintosh operating systems, it was the second game in the Age of Empires series... |
The central character in one of the major campaigns in which she is depicted as a peasant at first but follows a historically driven plot leading to her capture and death. |
2000 | Perfect Dark Perfect Dark Perfect Dark is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rare for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It is considered the spiritual successor to Rare's earlier first-person shooter GoldenEye 007, with which it shares many gameplay features... |
Nintendo 64 Nintendo 64 The , often referred to as N64, was Nintendo′s third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil... game. The central character is named Joanna Dark, a play on Jeanne d'Arc. |
2001 | Civilization III Civilization III Sid Meier's Civilization III, commonly shortened to Civ III or Civ 3, is the third installment of the Sid Meier's Civilization turn-based strategy computer game series. It was preceded by Civilization II and followed by Civilization IV. The game offers very sophisticated gameplay in terms of both... |
The Leader of France's civilization is Joan of Arc. |
2002 | La Pucelle: Tactics La Pucelle: Tactics La Pucelle: Tactics, released in Japan as , is a tactical role-playing game for the PlayStation 2, developed by Nippon Ichi Software. It was released in Japan in January 2002, and in North America by Mastiff in May 2004... |
PlayStation PlayStation The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000... game. The title is an allusion to Joan of Arc. Most of the character and place names within the game are French, but the game scenario is unrelated fantasy. |
2004 | Wars and Warriors: Joan of Arc Wars and Warriors: Joan of Arc Wars & Warriors: Joan of Arc is a historically-based computer game. Developed and published by Enlight, it was released in 2004. The player assumes the persona of Joan of Arc and leads the French in their attempt to win the Hundred Year's War... |
PC game, title character. |
2006 | Age of Empires: The Age of Kings Age of Empires: The Age of Kings Age of Empires: The Age of Kings is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Backbone Entertainment and published by Majesco for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console.... |
Nintendo DS game major playable character. |
2006 | Jeanne d'Arc Jeanne d'Arc (video game) is a tactical role-playing game developed by Level-5 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable . The game was first released in Japan on November 22, 2006 and was then localized in North America on August 21, 2007. It was never released in PAL regions... |
PSP game, Title character in a fantasy universe loosely based on the historical story. |
2007 | Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War is a historical fantasy video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms. It was published by Koei and developed by Omega Force.... |
PS3 game, Xbox 360 game, major character and leader of the French troops. |
2008 | Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm is the 3rd expansion to the PC-based RTS game Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War series developed by Iron Lore Entertainment. Like its predecessors, Soulstorm is based on Games Workshop's popular tabletop wargame, Warhammer 40,000, and introduces a multitude of... |
PC game, the Sisters of Battle race is based on Joan of Arc |
2008 | Atlantica Online Atlantica Online Atlantica Online is a free to play 3D massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by NDOORS Corporation. The game is set in an alternate history Earth, with the game map consisting of large parts of the northern hemisphere... |
PC MMORPG MMORPG Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world.... , Hero Mercenary, evolved form of "Lady Knight" Mercenary |
2009 | Assassin's Creed II Assassin's Creed II Assassin's Creed II is a historical third-person action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It is the second video game installment of the Assassin's Creed series, and is a sequel to the 2007 video... |
PS3/Xbox 360 Xbox 360 The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles... /PC action game. It is revealed that she had the 25th Piece of Eden, the Sword, and the Templars Knights Templar The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon , commonly known as the Knights Templar, the Order of the Temple or simply as Templars, were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders... burned her alive to gain possession of it. |
2010 | Bayonetta Bayonetta is a hack and slash action game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 developed by Platinum Games in cooperation with publisher Sega. Set in a fictional city in Europe, the game centers on its title character, Bayonetta, who uses pistols and magical attacks to defeat enemies... |
PS3 game contains a character named Jeanne who acts as Bayonetta's rival. She also possesses some references to the real life Joan of Arc, with her trademark red outfit being the product of the fictional Italian fashion brand D'arc. |
Comics and animation
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1973 | Belladonna Kanashimi no Belladonna , also known as "The Tragedy of Belladonna", is a 1973 feature film produced by the Japanese animation studio Mushi Production and distributor Nippon Herald Films... |
Feature film | Portrays Jeanne as a witch, as she was by her detractors, but sympathetically so. | 1995–1996 |
1995 | Jeanne | Comic | Three volume work set in the Hundred Years' War Hundred Years' War The Hundred Years' War was a series of separate wars waged from 1337 to 1453 by the House of Valois and the House of Plantagenet, also known as the House of Anjou, for the French throne, which had become vacant upon the extinction of the senior Capetian line of French kings... whose central character's life parallels that of Joan of Arc. By Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Yoshikazu Yasuhiko is a Japanese animator and manga artist in the anime industry.Yasuhiko dropped out of Hirosaki University and was hired by Osamu Tezuka's Mushi Productions in 1970 as an animator. He later went freelance and worked on various animation productions for film and television. In 1981 he won the Seiun... , based on story by Chōjun Ōtani |
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=2646 |
1995–1996 | D'arc: Histoire de Jeanne D'arc | Comic | Two volume fantasy Fantasy Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common... retelling the story of Joan of Arc. Art by Katsuya Kondō Katsuya Kondo is a Japanese manga artist, character designer, animator and animation director. He is best known for his character design work on the Studio Ghibli films Kiki's Delivery Service and Ocean Waves, as well as the PlayStation game Jade Cocoon... and story by Ken'ichi Sakemi. |
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1995–present | Witchblade Witchblade Witchblade is an American comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics, from 1995 until present. The series was created by Top Cow editors Marc Silvestri and David Wohl, writers Brian Haberlin and Christina Z, and artist Michael Turner.The series follows Sara... |
Comic, TV series | Joan of Arc is a blade wielder. | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169514/ |
1998–2000 | Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne is a fantasy shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Arina Tanemura. The story is about the adventures of a high school girl, Maron Kusakabe, who is the reincarnation of Jeanne D'Arc and transforms into a magical girl kaito—phantom thief—to collect the scattered pieces of God's power which... |
Comic and Animation | The reincarnation of Joan of Arc, the gymnastic champion Maron Kusakabe, is the main character. She uses her God-given powers and arsenal of push-pins to trap demons who hide in works of art. Arina Tanemura Arina Tanemura is a Japanese manga artist who mainly does shōjo manga. Her debut work was a one-shot work titled , which was later reprinted in her anthology work Short-Tempered Melancholic. Tanemura gained fame with the 1997 publication of I.O.N, a high school romance with a supernatural twist... , writer (comic edition). |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272988/ |
1998–2000 | Histeria! Histeria! Histeria! is a 1998 American animated series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Unlike other animated series produced by Warner Bros. in the 1990s, Histeria! stood out as the most explicit edutainment program in order to meet FCC requirements for... |
Animation | WB Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,... animated series that parodies a variety of figures from history. Joan of Arc is a regular character, voiced by Laraine Newman Laraine Newman Laraine Newman is an American comedienne, actress, and writer, and was part of the original Saturday Night Live cast.-Personal life:... . She constantly extinguishes fires that spring up around her. She talks with a Valley Girl Valley girl Valley Girl is a stereotype leveled at a socio-economic and ethnic class of American women who can be described as colloquial English-speaking and materialistic... accent and introduces herself as "like, I'm Joan, Joan of Arc". |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175738/ |
1998–2004 | Shaman King Shaman King is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. Shaman King follows the adventures of Yoh Asakura as he attempts to hone his shaman skills to become the Shaman King in the Shaman tournament.... |
Animation | The leader of the group X-Laws, Iron Maiden Jeanne Iron Maiden Jeanne Iron Maiden Jeanne is a fictional character from the anime series Shaman King. She is voiced by Yui Horie in the Japanese version. She was born on March 2, 1990 in Mont Saint-Michel, France.... , is a French girl who receives a divine revelation while praying in church that she must purge an evil force or the world will be destroyed. |
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March 17, 2002 | The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie... |
Animation | In episode "Tales from the Public Domain Tales from the Public Domain "Tales from the Public Domain" is the fourteenth episode of The Simpsons thirteenth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 17, 2002. It is the third trilogy episode of the series, which had become annual since the twelfth season's "Simpsons Tall Tales",... ," Lisa Simpson plays Joan of Arc and Milhouse plays the Dauphin, after Homer reads about her in a children's book. However, when Homer gets to the part where she was burned at the stake, Lisa says, "Was she killed?" and Marge runs in and says, "Just then, Sir Lancelot rode up on his white horse and saved Joan of Arc! They got married and lived in a spaceship!" She then tore the page out, ate it, and says, "Easier to chew than that Bambi Bambi Bambi is a 1942 American animated film directed by David Hand , produced by Walt Disney and based on the book Bambi, A Life in the Woods by Austrian author Felix Salten... video!" Episode synopsis: http://www.thesimpsons.com/episode_guide/1314.htm. |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096697/ |
2002–2003 | Clone High Clone High Clone High is a Canadian-American animated television series that aired for one season on MTV and Teletoon.... |
Animation | Joan of Arc's clone appeared in the traditionally animated show. | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305011/ |
2003 | Digimon Digimon , short for , is a Japanese media franchise encompassing digital toys, anime, manga and video games. The franchise's eponymous creatures are monsters of various forms living in a "Digital World", a parallel universe that originated from Earth's various communication networks.-Conception and... |
Animation | The seventh movie of the Digimon Digimon , short for , is a Japanese media franchise encompassing digital toys, anime, manga and video games. The franchise's eponymous creatures are monsters of various forms living in a "Digital World", a parallel universe that originated from Earth's various communication networks.-Conception and... series features a Digimon named d'Arcmon who is a female angel and soldier leading the "human-type" Digimon on Wondering Island. She uses a special sword attack called "La Pucelle." She later is revealed only to be a disguised form of Murmuxmon. |
http://wiki.dats.us/index.php/D%27Arcmon |
2003 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Yu-Gi-Oh! is a Japanese manga created by Kazuki Takahashi. It has produced a franchise that includes multiple anime shows, a trading card game and numerous video games... |
Animation, TCG | In the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card game there is a monster card named St. Joan (Saint Jeanne in Japan). It is summoned by fusing The Forgiving Maiden (Compassionate Nun) and Marie the Fallen One (Fallen Angel Marie). In the anime Yu-Gi-Oh Serenity Wheeler (Shizuka Kawai) used it when she, Tristan Taylor (Hiroto Honda), and Duke Devlin (Ryuji Otogi) were forced to face Nesbitt (Soichiro Ota). With power ups from other cards it was able to destroy Nesbitt's last monster, the Perfect Machine King, and win the duel in episode 107 "Mechanical Mayhem Part 2" ("Saint Jeanne's Trinity Attack"). |
http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/St._Joan |
2003 | Ashita no Nadja Ashita no Nadja , is a romance manga by Izumi Todo. It was serialized by Kodansha in the manga magazine Nakayoshi and collected in two bound volumes.The series was adapted as an anime series produced by Toei Animation, which premiered in Japan on the anime satellite television network Animax and the terrestrial TV... |
Animation | Nadja, Kennosuke, and Georg are treasure hunting for Joan of Arc's treasure. It turns out to be a seed that she planted that bloomed and spread into a field of flowers. She is briefly shown planting it in a flashback. | http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/nadja/episode/summary/12/ |
2003–2009 | Hetalia: Axis Powers Hetalia: Axis Powers is a Japanese webcomic, later adapted as a manga and an anime series, by . The series presents an allegorical trivialisation of political and historic events, particularly of the World War II era, in which the various countries are represented by stereotyped anthropomorphic characters... |
Comic and Animation | Joan of Arc is shown briefly in episode 10, during a brief flashback to the Hundred Years' War. She also is shown in the webcomic and in volume 1. However, she is referred to as "that kid" (あのこ) in-story. England teases France for "relying on a girl". | http://www.geocities.jp/himaruya/rkgk.htm |
2005 | Top 10: The Forty-Niners Top 10: The Forty-Niners Top 10: The Forty-Niners, a graphic novel published by America's Best Comics in 2005, is a prequel to the ABC series Top 10, a police procedural set in the city of Neopolis, where superpowers, robots, monsters, and other comic fodder are the norm for all citizens... |
Comic | One of the officers, named Joanna Dark, dresses in chainmail and uses holy powers. | |
2009-ongoing | Drifters Drifters (manga) is a fantasy, alternate history Japanese manga written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano. The manga started serialization in Shōnen Gahosha's magazine, Young King Ours on April 30, 2009... |
Comic | Joan of Arc appears as an "Ends", a villainous group of fallen historical figures who wish to destroy the world and exterminate humankind. In the series, Joan is an insane warrior who has exchanged her humanity for the supernatural ability to manipulate fire. | |
2009-ongoing | Afterschool Charisma Afterschool Charisma is an ongoing Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Kumiko Suekane, and serialized in Shogakukan's monthly seinen manga magazine Ikki. Shogakukan has released six volumes so far, between 29 July 2009 and 30 June 2011. The manga is licensed in North America by Viz Media, and is... |
Comic | Currently at four volumes, this series takes place at an exclusive school called St. Kleio Academy that is mostly attended by clones of famous people. Joan of Arc's clone appears along with clones of other important people such as Napoleon Bonaparte, Queen Elizabeth I, Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale OM, RRC was a celebrated English nurse, writer and statistician. She came to prominence for her pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. She was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" after her habit of making rounds at night... , Marie Curie Marie Curie Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry... , Ikkyu Ikkyu was an eccentric, iconoclastic Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and poet. He had a great impact on the infusion of Japanese art and literature with Zen attitudes and ideals.-Childhood:... , Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud , born Sigismund Schlomo Freud , was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis... and others. |
Portions of this page were translated from the French Wikipedia.
External links
- Fifteenth century manuscript images of Joan of Arc
- International Joan of Arc Society film list
- Médailles Jeanne d’Arc. French site containing pictures and descriptions of Medallions devoted to Joan of Arc.