The Passing Show: Jacques-Louis David

Jarvis, Martin

Moffatt, John

Laurenson, James

Television Director: Megahey, Leslie

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Catalogue Number: R0018

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David (1748-1825) saw his art as a weapon for social change. This film traces his career from his youth, as a Student of Boucher, through his heavy involvement in the politics of the French Revolution, to his exile in Brussels. Drawing on the memoirs of his pupil Delecluze and other historical documents, it provides a fascinating insight into the world of late eighteenth-century French society.