David to Delacroix : the rise of romantic mythology /

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In this beautifully illustrated study of intellectual and art history, Johnson explores the representation of classical myths by renowned French artists in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, demonstrating the extraordinary influence of the natural sciences and psychology on artistic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnson, Dorothy, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Bettie Allison Rand lectures in art history.
Temas:
1700-1899
Mythology, Classical, in art.
Romanticism in art.
Psychology and art > France.
Art, French > 18th century > Themes, motives.
Art, French > 19th century > Themes, motives.
Mythologie ancienne dans l'art.
Romantisme dans l'art.
Psychologie et art > France.
Art français > 18e siècle > Thèmes, motifs.
Art français > 19e siècle > Thèmes, motifs.
ART > Subjects & Themes > Religious.
Art, French > Themes, motives
Mythology, Classical, in art
Psychology and art
Romanticism in art
France
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. David and the rise of romantic mythology
  • Eros and the origins of art : Girodet's mythic meditations
  • From Eros to Thanatos : the mapping of the mythological body
  • Ingres and the enigma
  • Mythological madness and the feminine : from Gros's suicidal Sappho to Delacroix's murderous Medea
  • Conclusion. The continuum of myth.

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