An intimate portrait of the great Romantic painter, based on his letters and diary (read by Alain Robbe-Grillet). The film depicts the artist against the backdrops to his life: Paris, his studio, the...

This film, based on the life and work of accomplished Italian mannerist painter Francesco Salviati (1510–1563), describes the splendor of the princely courts of 16th-century Italy, against a...

Augustin Pajou was one of the best French sculptors of the second half of the 18th century, a subtle portraitist who created both small and monumental sculptures. This film, which explores his work,...

"I particularly like Pisanello's drawings," says Jean Giono in his book An Italian Journey (1953). In this film, extracts from Giono's novel lead us on the trail of this painter, outstanding...

The painter, sculptor, architect, and town planner Pierre Puget was born in Marseille in 1620. Although he worked for Louis XIV, he managed to preserve his independence from the Court and its...

This film was made for the 400th anniversary of the death of Germain Pilon (1528–1590), who carved the recumbent figures of Henri II and Catherine de Medici for the Basilica of St. Denis, burial...

This film is based on a study of Jacques-Louis David's popular painting The Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of his Sons (1789), commissioned by the Bâtiments du Roi (Royal Household) for the...