Emulation : David, Drouais, and Girodet in the art of revolutionary France

Emulation : David, Drouais, and Girodet in the art of revolutionary France /

In this work, Thomas Crow tells the story of three painters at the centre of events in revolutionary France (Jacques Louis David, Jean-Germain Drouais, and Anne-Louis Girodet) and interprets in a new and original way the relationships between these men and the paintings they created.

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Author / Contributor: Crow, Thomas E., 1948- (Author)
Edition:Rev. ed.
Imprint: New Haven : Los Angeles : Yale University Press ; in association with the Getty Research Institute, 2006.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Subjects:
Painters > France > History > 18th century > Influence.
Artists > France > History > 18th century > Influence.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Art and the revolution.
Neoclassicism (Art) > France.
Art, French > 18th century.
Allegories.
Men in art.
Artists > France > Psychology.
Art, French.
Table of Contents:
  • Family affairs
  • Fatherland
  • The wounded warrior
  • The school of Athens
  • Rebel, rebel
  • Martyrs
  • A child shall lead them
  • The return of the exile
  • Last rites
  • Too beautiful for a man
  • Wounded warrior redux.

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