Chains - David, Canova, and the Fall of the Public Hero in Postrevolutionary France

One of Jacques-Louis David's most ambitious and darkly enigmatic paintings, "Leonidas at the Pass of Thermopylae", hangs in the Louvre, largely ignored. Focusing on this painting, this work embarks on a discourse about the perception of the body, sexuality, and subjectivity in early nineteenth-century European art.

Info autore

Satish Padiyar is an Honorary Research Fellow at University College London. He is an Associate Research Scholar at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, where he teaches eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French art.

Riassunto

One of Jacques-Louis David's most ambitious and darkly enigmatic paintings, "Leonidas at the Pass of Thermopylae", hangs in the Louvre, largely ignored. Focusing on this painting, this work embarks on a discourse about the perception of the body, sexuality, and subjectivity in early nineteenth-century European art.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Satish Padiyar, Satish (University College Padiyar
• Editore: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 20.06.2007
• EAN: 9780271029634
• ISBN: 978-0-271-02963-4
• Pagine: 240
• Dimensioni: 238 mm x 265 mm x 22 mm
• Peso: 1218 g
• Illustrazioni: 19 Halftones, color; 25 Halftones, black and white
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Arte figurativa