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David and neo-classicism / Sophie Monneret ; [English translation, Chris Miller with Peter Snowdon].
Fine Arts Library ND553.D25 M66 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Monneret, Sophie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- David, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825.
- David, Jacques Louis.
- Neoclassicism (Art)--France.
- Neoclassicism (Art).
- France.
- Physical Description:
- 207 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : Terrail, [1999]
- Summary:
- In his Journal, Delacroix wrote that Jacques-Louis David "was the painter of every modern school of painting and sculpture". This monograph traces David's growth into the recognized master of Neoclassicism and explores why his work represented a profound renewal of the pictorial tradition.
- A brilliant colorist and a skillful draftsman, David excelled at both historical painting and psychological portraits. Considering politics and aesthetics part of the same struggle. David drew inspiration from the turbulent changes in France during and after the Revolution. He interpreted this turbulence with neoclassic imagery -- drawing upon Greek and Roman history and culture to represent his own.
- Color reproductions of David's major works are accompanied by a thorough account of the great master's career -- from his outset as a student influenced by rococo, to his artistic and political contemporaries and rivals, to his neoclassic masterpieces of the Revolution and Napoleonic eras.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 206).
- ISBN:
- 2879392179
- OCLC:
- 41509927
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