Jacques-Louis David
Art in Metamorphosis
Seiten
1993
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-03218-4 (ISBN)
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-03218-4 (ISBN)
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A series of essays that examines the aesthetic innovation that shaped the career of a French neoclassicist, focusing on such topics as the painter's life-long experimentation with corporality, his reinterpretation of mythology, and his link with the age of French romanticism.
Painted just before the French Revolution, David's "Oath of the Horatii" radically challenged the dominant rococo style by emphasizing the representation of psychological states through the entire body rather than through the face alone. In these essays on David's modernity, Dorothy Johnson examines the aesthetic innovations that shaped a career attuned to intellectual as well as political change. Focusing on the painter's writings and on topics such as his life-long experimentation with corporality, his inquiry into the nature of representation, his reinterpretations of mythology, and his application of the theory and language of sculpture to his art, Johnson rejects oversimplified categorizations of David as a neoclassicist and positions him as an important link in the development of romanticism.
Painted just before the French Revolution, David's "Oath of the Horatii" radically challenged the dominant rococo style by emphasizing the representation of psychological states through the entire body rather than through the face alone. In these essays on David's modernity, Dorothy Johnson examines the aesthetic innovations that shaped a career attuned to intellectual as well as political change. Focusing on the painter's writings and on topics such as his life-long experimentation with corporality, his inquiry into the nature of representation, his reinterpretations of mythology, and his application of the theory and language of sculpture to his art, Johnson rejects oversimplified categorizations of David as a neoclassicist and positions him as an important link in the development of romanticism.
Dorothy Johnson is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Iowa. With Jacques de Caso she translated his book David d'Angers: Sculptural Communication in the Age of Romanticism (Princeton).
List of Illustrations I The Eloquent Body: "Gestes sublimes" and the Formation of a Corporal Aesthetic II Painting Words and Deeds: The Grands Hommes and the Representation of Revolution III The Art of Civilization: The Sabine Women and Leonidas at Thermopylae IV "In borrowed robes?" From Homage to Subversion in the Napoleonic Paintings V Art in Exile: The Instauration of Romantic Hellenism Notes Select Bibliography Index
| Reihe/Serie | Princeton Series in 19th Century Art, Culture, and Society |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 8 color illustrations, 139 halftones |
| Verlagsort | New Jersey |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 267 mm |
| Gewicht | 936 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-691-03218-1 / 0691032181 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-03218-4 / 9780691032184 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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