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Jacques-Louis David's drawings : bodies in action / Tamar Mayer.
Van Pelt Library PQ2105.A2 S8 2026:03
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mayer, Tamar (Professor of Art History), author.
- Series:
- Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment ; 2026:03.
- Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment, 2634-8047 ; 2026:03
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- David, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825--Criticism and interpretation.
- David, Jacques Louis.
- Art--Criticism and interpretation.
- Art.
- Art--16th century.
- Art and design.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 262 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Bodies in action
- Place of Publication:
- Liverpool : Liverpool University Press ; Oxford : Voltaire Foundation, 2026.
- Summary:
- Draws a novel triangular connection between practices of drawing, questions of posture and notions of figural agency -carefully recreating Jacques-Louis David's crafting of the human figure. Based on comprehensive research in David's rarely seen drawing notebooks, it shows how understudied procedures, such as tracings, reversals, collages, grids, and revolving sketchbooks, are highly significant for his final artworks, affecting both the structure and meaning of his historical canvases.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258) and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781836245711
- 1836245718
- OCLC:
- 1572420123
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000337434
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