David to Delacroix / Walter Friedlaender.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedlaender, Walter, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This renowned study follows the evolution of French painting from the Revolution through the Napoleonic era. Beginning with David's revolutionary classicism, Friedlaender scrutinizes the work of early-nineteenth-century artists against the background of their times. He reveals the baroque tendencies diffused into the art of Prudhon and the same predisposition, mixed with a strong realism, in the work of G&#233ricault. Two distinct trends appear, deriving from Pussin and Rubens. The author follows the styles as they mature, and represents their consumation in two great masters-the refined and abstract classicism of Ingres and the baroque of Delacroix with its flamboyant colorism and exotic subjects.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION: THE ETHICAL AND FORMAL BASES OF CLASSICISM IN FRENCH PAINTING

CHAPTER ONE: CLASSICISM AND MINOR TRENDS IN THE ART OF DAVID

CHAPTER TWO ULTRACLASSICISTS AND ANTICLASSICISTS IN THE DAVID FOLLOWING

CHAPTER THREE PROTOBAROQUE TENDENCIES IN THE PERIOD OF CLASSICISM

CHAPTER FOUR THE TRANSFORMATION OF CLASSICISM IN THE ART OF INGRES

CHAPTER FIVE EARLY BAROQUE AND REALISM IN THE ART OF GERICAULT

CHAPTER SIX ROMANTIC HIGH BAROQUE IN THE ART OF DELACROIX

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-33252-0

OCLC:

1013938445