he was one of the first masters of pastel painting in the 18th century. he lived here in turkey for four years. he starts dressing, right, in turkish costume? exactly. he grows a very long beard. i think he was even known as the turk . it was kind of a marketing, and it worked. he was enormously successful, wasn t he? he was. he painted lots of aristocrats in different cities of europe. there is a story that when he s in constantinople, there is a particular model, very beautiful, who catches his eye. he draws her in various poses. this is one picture which is made from one of those drawings, and then that s a sort of source for later on, when he returns to europe, and with various clients, he can say, look, if you dress up in this, i ve brought this as well, i ve got the dress here. you could look as beautiful as mimica. is that sort of the idea? exactly. european people, everybody was interested in ottoman culture, and everything related with it. it s interesting to sort of thin
the tv series that launched pbs masterpiece theater. [jen] downton abbey is about the aristocrats who lived upstairs, and then the people who live downstairs and are working for those people. and if anyone thinks i m going to pull my furlock and curtsy to this mister nobody from nowhere. oh, right. were you discussing mr. crawley? [melanie] with downtown abbey, you have this wonderful show that is strangely old fashione, but with these modern ideas of soap opera. you must be mad. i am. i am in the grip of madness. i think the turning point for people in downton abbey is in one of the early episodes, where mary sleeps with this man who s visiting downton, and then he drops dead in the bed, and they have to figure out how to get him out and keep it under wraps. [grunts] [jen] in the traditional masterpiece theater world, that is not what you would see on a show like that. and i think that is what really drew people in. [david] it s a singular vision of julian fellowes and a lot of differ
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[jen] downton abbey is about the aristocrats who lived upstairs, and then the people who live downstairs and are working for those people. and if anyone thinks i m going to pull my furlock and curtsy to this mister nobody from nowhere. oh, right. were you discussing mr. crawley? [melanie] with downtown abbey, you have this wonderful show that is strangely old fashione, but with these modern ideas of soap opera. you must be mad. i am. i am in the grip of madness. i think the turning point for people in downton abbey is in one of the early episodes, where mary sleeps with this man who s visiting downton, and then he drops dead in the bed, and they have to figure out how to get him out and keep it under wraps. [grunts] [jen] in the traditional masterpiece theater world, that is not what you would see on a show like that. and i think that is what really drew people in. [david] it s a singular vision of julian fellowes and a lot of different, wonderful actors just making it work. and of cou