Artists and Models - Season 1

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The Passing Show

1 - The Passing Show

Air Date: February 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.

Slaves of Fashion

2 - Slaves of Fashion

Air Date: February 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

Men and Wild Horses

3 - Men and Wild Horses

Air Date: February 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.