Delacroix / Simon Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Simon, 1956- author.

Series:

Art & ideas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Delacroix, Eugène, 1798-1863.

Delacroix, Eugène.

Physical Description:

351 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

[London] : [Phaidon Press Limited], 2015.

Summary:

"A comprehensive introduction to and ... reappraisal of the life and works of one of the most influential artists of the nineteenth century. Delacroix was regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school ... Lee considers Delacroix's life and art within the context of his fascinating and tumultuous age in the years following the French Revolution and the rise of the British Empire, analyzing and explaining his artistic processes. All [his] major works ... are illustrated generously and explored in depth"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Growing up with Napoleon: 1798-1822

Confession and massacre: early Romanticism

Dandified Anglophilia: England and English culture

From outcast to patriot: the 1827 Salon and the 1830 Revolution

Eastern delights: the trip to North Africa and its aftermath

Great walls to cover: official Romanticism

The imagination and its mysteries: literature, music and art

Creative seclusion: the final years, 1848-63

The liberation of colour: Delacroix's legacy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-345) and index.

ISBN:

0714839833

9780714839837

OCLC:

890068381