Chains: David, Canova, and the Fall of the Public Hero in Postrevolutionary France

by Satish Padiyar

One of Jacques-Louis David's most ambitious and darkly enigmatic paintings, Leonidas at the Pass of Thermopylae, hangs today in the Louvre, largely ignored. Focusing on this painting, Chains embarks on a discourse about the perception of the body, sexuality, and subjectivity in early nineteenth-century European art.

In addition to David, Chains explores the sculptural oeuvre of David's contemporary and rival, Italian sculptor Antonio Canova...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271029633
• ISBN13: 9780271029634
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.3" x 10.2"