Napoleon and History Painting - Antoine-Jean Gros''s La Bataille D''eylau

Zusatztext Prendergast's skill lies in his highlighting the numerous thematic interpretations of Gros's painting Informationen zum Autor Distinguished Professor in French and Comparative Literature, Graduate School, City University of New York, 1988-1992. Fellow of the British Academy. Zusammenfassung This is the first full-length study of Antoine-Jean Gros from an art-historical point of view, but it is more than a monograph. It uses the example of Gros to examine a more general crisis of history painting at a time (the Napoleonic period) of major political and cultural transition. Christopher Prendergast is a distinguished scholar of international standing.

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• Authors: Christopher Prendergast
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1998
• EAN: 9780198174226
• ISBN: 978-0-19-817422-6
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Propaganda, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Europe, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, ART / History / General, HISTORY / Historiography, ART / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Warfare & defence, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Historiography, History of Art, Painting & paintings, Warfare and defence, Political control and freedoms, Specific wars and campaigns, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), Napoleonic Wars, Paintings and painting, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)