Why is the sun a theme that has fascinated artists since antiquity? How has the sun been represented throughout the centuries to the present day? What conceptual worlds do these images of the sun reveal, and which artists made history with their depictions?

This video takes you on a journey through 2,500 years of European art history. Learn more about the iconography of the sun from art experts Nils Büttner (Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart), Marianne Mathieu (co-curator of the exhibition, Paris), Michael Philipp (Museum Barberini, Potsdam), Hendrik Ziegler (Philipps-Universität Marburg), and Michael F. Zimmermann (Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt).