Jacques-Louis David: The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis

by Dorothy Johnson

Book Overview

Jacques-Louis David's brilliant painting of the young lovers Telemachus and Eucharis was created during the artist's last years, when the defeat of Napoleon and the return of the monarchy in France forced him into exile in Brussels. Several of his paintings from this period show his preoccupation with the psychology of love, but none depicts the emotions of parting more tenderly than this painting from 1818.

Dorothy Johnson discusses how David's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892362367
• ISBN13: 9780892362363
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.5" x 9.3"