(Ingres « Le regard captif »)

Content: At the end of his career, Ingres brought together 25 nude women in a painting he prepared with great care. The study of the painter’s extensive archives in Montauban, along with laboratory analysis, now makes it possible to reconstruct the history of a work that inspired as much fascination—among artists such as Picasso and Man Ray—as it did repulsion in Paul Claudel, who saw in The Turkish Bath “a pancake of maggots.”

Countries:

France

Genres:

Runtime:

28 minutes

Year:

1991

Directors:

Alain Jaubert

Production companies:

Palette Productions

Crews:

Director