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.

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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this beautifully illustrated study of intellectual and art history, Dorothy Johnson explores the representation of classical myths by renowned French artists in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, demonstrating the extraordinary influence of the natural sciences and psychology on artistic depiction of myth. Highlighting the work of major painters such as David, Girodet, Gerard, Ingres, and Delacroix and sculptors such as Houdon and Pajou, David to Delacroix reveals how these artists offered innovative reinterpretations of myth while incorporating contemporaneo

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798890883537

9780807877753

0807877751

OCLC:

703138024