Jacques-Louis David : art in metamorphosis / Dorothy Johnson.

Author: Johnson, Dorothy.

Imprint:Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1993.

Descriptionxv, 316 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Note:Introduction: The Method of Metamorphosis -- I. The Eloquent Body: "Gestes sublimes" and the Formation of a Corporal Aesthetic -- II. Painting Words and Deeds: The Grands Hommes and the Representation of Revolution -- III. The Art of Civilization: The Sabine Women and Leonidas at Thermopylae -- IV. "In borrowed robes?" From Homage to Subversion in the Napoleonic Paintings -- V. Art in Exile: The Instauration of Romantic Hellenism.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-308) and index.

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