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 rep
Jeanne d'Arc statue at Place des Pyramides, Paris by Emmanuel Frémiet, 1874
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain, 1896 novel
Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw, 1923 play
Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, the Kabile woman who led a prolonged resistance to the French conquest of Algeria, was respected and honored by her French foes as "The Alegerian Jeanne d'Arc" or "La Jeanne d'Arc du Djurdjura". Like Joan of Arc, Lalla Fatma N'Soumer was a notable religious leader as well as a political and military one. (Here shown in a famous painting by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux).
The Passion of Joan of Arc
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The Passion of Joan of Arc is a 1928 French silent historical film based on the actual record of the trial of Joan of Arc. The film was directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer and stars Renée Jeanne Falconett
Cultural depictions of Joan of Arc
…Simone, after Schiller. Premiered at Teatro Verdi in Pisa on 26 October 1989. 1994 Voices of Light Richard Einhorn choral orchestral work Inspired by The Passion of Joan of Arc; uses sacred texts by Hildegard of Bingen. 1997 Jeanne: The Joan of Arc Musical text by Vincent de Tourdonnet; music by Peter Sipos musical theatre…
Falconetti in a scene from the film. Dreyer dug holes in the set to achieve the low camera angles such as the one used here.
French poster, 1928