| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Bettie Allison Rand lectures in art history
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Bettie Allison Rand lectures in art history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
In this beautifully illustrated study of intellectual and art history, 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mythology, Classical, in art.
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Mythology, Classical, in art. |
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Romanticism in art.
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Romanticism in art. |
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Psychology and art -- France.
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Psychology and art. |
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France. |
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Art, French -- 18th century -- Themes, motives.
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Art, French. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Themes, motives. |
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Art, French -- 19th century -- Themes, motives.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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1700-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Johnson, Dorothy, 1950- David to Delacroix. 1st ed. Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, 2011 9780807834510 (DLC) 2010032658 (OCoLC)652743783 |
| ISBN |
9780807877753 (electronic book) |
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0807877751 (electronic book) |
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9780807834510 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0807834513 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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