Artists and Models - Season 1

First aired: 2/12/1986 3 episodes
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Episodes

1. The Passing Show

Aired: 2/12/1986

Docudrama exploring the mysterious Jacques-Louis David, who dominated the arts in France from the last decadent days of the old monarchy through the Revolution and the rise and fall of Napoleon.

2. Slaves of Fashion

Aired: 2/19/1986

Napoleon has fallen, and David is in exile. His star pupil, Jean-Auguste Ingres, is set to assume the role of first painter of France, but he seems to be a man out of his time

3. Men and Wild Horses

Aired: 2/26/1986

By the middle of the 19th century, Ingres is the grand old man of French painting. His arch-rival Delacroix is still the guiding light of the Romantics.