Jacques-Louis David: Art in Metamorphosis

by Dorothy Johnson

Painted just before the French Revolution, David's Oath of the Horatii radically challenged the long-dominant classicized rococo style by emphasizing the representation of psychological states through the entire body rather than through the face alone. In these revealing essays on David's modernity, Dorothy Johnson examines the aesthetic innovations and ongoing artistic metamorphosis that shaped a career attuned to intellectual as well as political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691032181
• ISBN13: 9780691032184
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 10.5"