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Jacques-Louis David and Jean-Louis Prieur, revolutionary artists
the public, the populace, and images of the French Revolution
By Roberts, Warren E.
- ISBN
- 978-0-79144-288-3
- Publisher
- Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c2000.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 15, 2000
Focusing on the period after the fall of Robespierre, Lajer-Burcharth (humanities, Harvard) reframes David's art in relation to gender tensions within French society at the time and within the artist's vision of himself. The methodologies of gender studies and semiotics are the focus of her argument, which sacrifices traditional art historical analysis. The author demonstrates how revolutionary dress and the stresses and losses it implied were reflected in the instability of David's art and his place as a revolutionary artist in French society. While trying to offer a new perspective on...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
