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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.

Table of 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.

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Dorothy, 1950-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

David to Delacroix: the rise of romantic mythology [by Johnson, D.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: David to Delacroix [by Johnson, D.] (1st ed.; Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, 2011 — ISBN 9780807834510; LCCN 2010032658)

Related Series:

Bettie Allison Rand lectures in art history

Subjects:

Mythology, Classical, in art

Romanticism in art

Psychology and art — France

Art, French — 18th century — Themes, motives

Art, French — 19th century — Themes, motives

1700-1899

Psychology and art

Art, French

Themes, motives

France

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

N7760 .J64 2010eb

ISBNs:

9780807877753 (electronic bk.)
0807877751 (electronic bk.)
9780807834510 (cloth, alk. paper) [Invalid]
0807834513 (cloth, alk. paper) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

703226388

Other Control Numbers:

EBC655812 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp3602873