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Murder in the Rue Marat : A Case of Art in Revolution.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crow, Thomas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- David, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825. Death of Marat.
- David, Jacques Louis.
- David, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825--Criticism and interpretation.
- Marat, Jean Paul, 1743-1793--Portraits.
- Marat, Jean Paul.
- Art and revolutions.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (177 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- How an enigmatic masterpiece of the French Revolution became a talisman of the revolutionary spirit in our own time Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Marat depicts the painter's friend and fellow revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat collapsed in his bath after being fatally stabbed by a female assassin who stands just outside the frame.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- 1. Scene-setting Prologue
- 2. Division
- 3. Fusion
- 4. Circulation
- 5. Definition
- 6. Beyond Definition
- 7. The New Marat
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- Photograph Credits
- Copyright Page.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Crow, Thomas Murder in the Rue Marat
- ISBN:
- 9780691274430
- OCLC:
- 1528361612
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