French Revolution As Blasphemy - Johan Zoffany''s Paintings of the Massacre At Paris, August 10, 1792

This is a book about two paintings that were meant to turn the English against the French Revolution by showing its worst excesses--a world in which religious piety and racial, class, and gender hierarchies are turned upside down.

About the author

William L. Pressly is Professor and Chair of the Department of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Maryland, College Park, and the author of The Life and Art of James Barry (1981).

Summary

This text presents an analysis of two neglected paintings devoted to the French Revolution. John Zoffany's "Plundering the King's Cellar at Paris, August 10 1972", and "Celebrating over the Bodies of the Swiss Soldiers", both represent events that helped turn the English against the Revolution.

Product details

• Authors: William L. Pressly, Johann Zoffany
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.1999
• EAN: 9780520211964
• ISBN: 978-0-520-21196-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Discovery Series: Discovery (Univ of California); Discovery Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, ART / History / General, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Revolutionary groups & movements, Painting & paintings, Revolutionary groups and movements, Paintings and painting, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions