David to Delacroix [[electronic resource] ] : the rise of romantic mythology / / Dorothy Johnson

• Autore: Johnson Dorothy <1950->
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 704.9/4892130944
• Soggetto topico: Mythology, Classical, in art; Romanticism in art - France; Psychology and art - France; Art, French - 18th century - Themes, motives; Art, French - 19th century - Themes, motives
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 contemporaneo
• Titolo autorizzato: David to Delacroix
• ISBN: 979-88-908835-3-7; 0-8078-7775-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791670603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Bettie Allison Rand lectures in art history.