Author: Johnson, Dorothy
Title: Jacques-Louis David: Art in Metamorphosis
Description: Princeton University Press, 1993. Hardcover. A golden yellow cloth casebound book. There is a dust jacket with oange text down a blue spine. Pages: (20), 3-316. Illustrated with black-and-white images. Contents are as follows: Introduction: The Method of Metamorphosis --; I.; The Eloquent Body: "Gestes sublimes" and the Formation of a Corporal Aesthetic --; II.; Painting Words and Deeds: The Grands Hommes and the Representation of Revolution --; III.; The Art of Civilization: The Sabine Women and Leonidas at Thermopylae --; IV.; "In borrowed robes?" From Homage to Subversion in the Napoleonic Paintings --; V.; Art in Exile: The Instauration of Romantic Hellenism. VG/VG: Exlibrary book. Sticker on the dust jacket at the base of the spine. Stamp on the front free end page. Stamp, sticker, and due date card on the back pasted end page. Stamp on the top text block.

Keywords: European Artists ; David, Jacques-Louis ; ;


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