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Author:

Johnson, Dorothy, 1950-

Title:

David to Delacroix : the rise of romantic mythology / Dorothy Johnson.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xi, 233 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Mythology, Classical, in art.
Romanticism in art--France.
Psychology and art--France.
Art, French--18th century--Themes, motives.
Art, French--19th century--Themes, motives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction. David and the rise of romantic mythology -- Eros and the origins of art : Girodet's mythic meditations -- From Eros to Thanatos : the mapping of the mythological body -- Ingres and the enigma -- Mythological madness and the feminine : from Gros's suicidal Sappho to Delacroix's murderous Medea -- Conclusion. The continuum of myth.

Series:

Bettie Allison Rand lectures in art history.

ISBN:

0807834513 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807834510 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)652743783

LCCN:

2010032658

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)