About this season
Documentary series about art history
Episodes (7)
1. Lucian Freud - 1. Portraits
Aired 1 March 2009 • 25 min
An introduction to the artist's work, a description of his stylistic evolution, an introduction to the art of painting.
2. Ingres — 1. Ingres érotique
Aired 8 March 2009 • 25 min
From L’Odalisque au Bain turc, via the Baigneuse Valpinçon, a reflection on the anatomical distortions in Ingres' famous nudes.
3. Ingres — 2. Portraits
Aired 15 March 2009 • 25 min
Large female portraits, with fascinating drapery in satin and velvet, a reflection on the photogenic nature of Ingresque painting.
4. Titien — 1. les années 1510-1523
Aired 22 March 2009 • 25 min
Titian's early masterpieces (from the years 1510–23).
5. Giorgione Versus Titien
Aired 14 November 2010 • 25 min
From Giorgione's Concert Champêtre to Titian's great bacchanals, a stylistic demonstration of the antinomy between two great painters, the former being the master of the latter.
6. Titien — 2. Tiziano Colours
Aired 21 November 2010 • 25 min
Red, pink, blue, green, gold and mud make up Titian's palette and, more broadly, the Venetian light.
7. Lucian Freud — 2. les nus
Aired 28 November 2010 • 25 min
The power struggle between the painter and the model in the case of paintings by an artist who makes beautiful women look ugly and ugly women look beautiful.