03010nam 2200661 a 450 991045819830332120200520144314.00-8078-7775-1(CKB)2560000000055340(EBL)655812(OCoLC)703138024(SSID)ssj0000468277(PQKBManifestationID)12156544(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000468277(PQKBWorkID)10506614(PQKB)10371632(MiAaPQ)EBC655812(Au-PeEL)EBL655812(CaPaEBR)ebr10442133(CaONFJC)MIL930333(EXLCZ)99256000000005534020100730d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDavid to Delacroix[electronic resource] the rise of romantic mythology /Dorothy Johnson1st ed.Chapel Hill [N.C.] University of North Carolina Press20111 online resource (248 p.)Bettie Allison Rand lectures in art historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-3451-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.In this beautifully illustrated study of intellectual and art history, Dorothy 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 depiction of myth. Highlighting the work of major painters such as David, Girodet, Gerard, Ingres, and Delacroix and sculptors such as Houdon and Pajou, David to Delacroix reveals how these artists offered innovative reinterpretations of myth while incorporating contemporaneoBettie Allison Rand lectures in art history.Mythology, Classical, in artRomanticism in artFrancePsychology and artFranceArt, French18th centuryThemes, motivesArt, French19th centuryThemes, motivesElectronic books.Mythology, Classical, in art.Romanticism in artPsychology and artArt, FrenchThemes, motives.Art, FrenchThemes, motives.704.9/4892130944Johnson Dorothy1950-931483MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458198303321David to Delacroix2095395UNINA