David to Delacroix : the rise of romantic mythology / Dorothy Johnson.

Author: Johnson, Dorothy, 1950-

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.

Descriptionxi, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-226) and index.

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