Emulation : David, Drouais, and Girodet in the art of revolutionary France /

This fascinating and elegant book tells the story of five painters at the center of events in Revolutionary France: Jacques Louis-David and his extraordinarily precocious pupils Drouais, Girodet, Gerard, and Gros. Written by a major art historian, it interprets in a new and original way the relation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crow, Thomas E., 1948-
Corporate Author: Getty Research Institute
Other Authors: David, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825, Drouais, Jean-Germain, 1763-1788, Girodet-Trioson, Anne-Louis, 1767-1824
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Los Angeles : Yale University Press ; in association with The Getty Research Institute, 2006
New Haven : Yale University Press in association with the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 2006
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2006
New Haven ; London : 2006
Edition:Rev. ed
Subjects:
Art
Table of Contents:
  • Family affairs
  • Fatherland
  • The wounded warrior
  • The school of Athens
  • Rebel, rebel
  • Martyrs
  • A child shall lead them
  • The return of the exile
  • Last rites
  • Too beautiful for a man
  • Wounded warrior redux
  • note: 1 Family affairs
  • 2. Fatherland
  • 3. wounded warrior
  • 4. school of Athens
  • 5. Rebel, rebel
  • 6. Martyrs
  • 7. child shall lead them
  • 8. return of the exile
  • 9. Last rites
  • 10. Too beautiful for a man.
  • 1 Family Affairs 5
  • 2 Fatherland 31
  • 3 The Wounded Warrior 47
  • 4 The School of Athens 83
  • 5 Rebel, Rebel 117
  • 6 Martyrs 145
  • 7 A Child Shall Lead Them 171
  • 8 The Return of the Exile 189
  • 9 Last Rites 217
  • 10 Too Beautiful for a Man 247
  • Coda: Wounded Warrior Redux 279
  • 1 Family affairs
  • 2. Fatherland
  • 3. The wounded warrior
  • 4. The school of Athens
  • 5. Rebel, rebel
  • 6. Martyrs
  • 7. A child shall lead them
  • 8. The return of the exile
  • 9. Last rites
  • 10. Too beautiful for a man
  • Coda : wounded warrior redux.
  • 1 Family affairs
  • 2. Fatherland
  • 3. The wounded warrior
  • 4. The school of Athens
  • 5. Rebel, rebel
  • 6. Martyrs
  • 7. A child shall lead them
  • 8. The return of the exile
  • 9. Last rites
  • 10. Too beautiful for a man
  • Coda : wounded warrior redux.