Skip to main content alibris logo

Chains: David, Canova, and the Fall of the Public Hero in Postrevolutionary France

by

Write The First Customer Review
Chains: David, Canova, and the Fall of the Public Hero in Postrevolutionary France - Padiyar, Satish
Filter Results
Shipping
Item Condition
Seller Rating
Other Options
Change Currency

One of Jacques-Louis Davids most ambitious and darkly enigmatic paintings, Leonidas at the Pass of Thermopylae, hangs today in the Louvre, largely ignored. Focusing on this painting, Chains embarks on a discourse about the perception of the body, sexuality, and subjectivity in early nineteenth-century European art. In addition to David, Chains expl

loading
Chains: David, Canova, and the Fall of the Public Hero in Postrevolutionary France 2007, Penn State University Press, University Park, PA

ISBN-13: 9780271029634

Hardcover