Jacques-Louis David: Empire to Exile - Hardcover

Bordes, Philippe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300104472 ISBN 13: 9780300104479

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2005

Synopsis

This beautifully illustrated book, focusing on a selection of later paintings and drawings by Jacques-Louis David (1748 1825), is published to accompany the first major exhibition of the artist’s work in the United States. Organized by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute and the J. Paul Getty Museum, this exhibition of 27 paintings and 29 drawings is also the first to examine the transformation of David’s art during the post-Revolutionary period (1800 1825). Each of the works, many of which were previously unknown or inaccessible, is reproduced in color and accompanied by an entry with complete scholarly information.
Art historian Philippe Bordes establishes David’s position after the Terror and discusses the artist’s admiration for Napoleon Bonaparte, for whom he served as court painter. The book also investigates David’s new approach to antiquity in historical compositions and the avowed influence of the Flemish School on his practice. Drawing on many new documents and close analysis of the works featured in the book, Bordes offers a revised understanding of this deeply reactive artist and the creative output of his second career.

About this title

Book Description:

This landmark book sheds new light on the later work of Jacques-Louis David, the most celebrated artist of his time. Beautifully illustrated and featuring many paintings and drawings that were previously unknown or inaccessible, the book investigates David’s position after the Terror, his relationship with Napoleon, and the new approach to antiquity in his historical compositions.

About the Author:

Philippe Bordes was founding director of the Musée de la Révolution Française in Vizille, France, from 1984 to 1996 and is currently professor of art history at the University of Lyon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0300104472
• ISBN 13: 9780300104479
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400