Chains: david, canova, and the fall of the public hero in postrevolutionary france
Auteur :
Padiyar, Satish
Éditeur :
Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN :
9780271029634
Date de publication :
20 juin 2007
Dimensions :
25,4 x 24,1 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
1247 g
Format :
Sewn
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
One of Jacques-Louis David's most ambitious and darkly enigmatic paintings, "Leonidas at the Pass of Thermopylae", hangs in the Louvre, largely ignored. Focusing on this painting, this work embarks on a discourse about the perception of the body, sexuality, and subjectivity in early nineteenth-century European art.