David to Delacroix : the rise of romantic mythology

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Main Author: Johnson, Dorothy (Author)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill, NC : Univ. of North Carolina Press , 2011
Edition:1. ed.
Series:Bettie Allison Rand lectures in art history
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
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Author Notes:Dorothy Johnson
Table of 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.