Grand'art

Documentary series about art history

Seasons

7 Episodes • Premiered 2009

Still image for Grand'art season 1 episode 1: Lucian Freud - 1. Portraits

1. Lucian Freud - 1. Portraits

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

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2. Ingres — 1. Ingres érotique

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

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3. Ingres — 2. Portraits

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

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4. Titien — 1. les années 1510-1523

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

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5. Giorgione Versus Titien

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.

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6. Titien — 2. Tiziano Colours

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

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7. Lucian Freud — 2. les nus

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.

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