David to Delacroix: The Rise of Romantic Mythology

by Dorothy Johnson

In this beautifully illustrated study of intellectual and art history, Dorothy 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.

Highlighting the work of major painters such as David, Girodet, Gerard, Ingres, and Delacroix and sculptors such as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807834513
• ISBN13: 9780807834510
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"