Grand'art

Season 1

2009 · 7 episodes · 2h 55m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Lucian Freud - 1. Portraits

   1 Mar 2009 · 25 min

   An introduction to the artist's work, a description of his stylistic evolution, an introduction to the art of painting.

2. 2

   2. Ingres — 1. Ingres érotique

   8 Mar 2009 · 25 min

   From L’Odalisque au Bain turc, via the Baigneuse Valpinçon, a reflection on the anatomical distortions in Ingres' famous nudes.

3. 3

   3. Ingres — 2. Portraits

   15 Mar 2009 · 25 min

   Large female portraits, with fascinating drapery in satin and velvet, a reflection on the photogenic nature of Ingresque painting.

4. 4

   4. Titien — 1. les années 1510-1523

   22 Mar 2009 · 25 min

   Titian's early masterpieces (from the years 1510–23).

5. 5

   5. Giorgione Versus Titien

   14 Nov 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. 6

   6. Titien — 2. Tiziano Colours

   21 Nov 2010 · 25 min

   Red, pink, blue, green, gold and mud make up Titian's palette and, more broadly, the Venetian light.

7. 7

   7. Lucian Freud — 2. les nus

   28 Nov 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.