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David to Delacroix : the rise of romantic mythology / Dorothy Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Dorothy, 1950-
- Series:
- Bettie Allison Rand lectures in art history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mythology, Classical, in art.
- Romanticism in art--France.
- Romanticism in art.
- Psychology and art--France.
- Psychology and art.
- Art, French--18th century--Themes, motives.
- Art, French.
- Art, French--19th century--Themes, motives.
- Themes, motives.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 233 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- Introduction. David and the rise of romantic mythology
- Eros and the origins of art : Girodet's mythic meditations
- From Eros to Thanatos : the mapping of the mythological body
- Ingres and the enigma
- Mythological madness and the feminine : from Gros's suicidal Sappho to Delacroix's murderous Medea
- Conclusion. The continuum of myth.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807834510
- 0807834513
- OCLC:
- 652743783
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