Napoleon and History Painting - Antoine-Jean Gros's La Bataille d'Eylau (Paperback, New edition)

This study is an inquiry into the fortunes, in both theory and practice, of the idea of history painting during the Napoleonic period. Its main argument is that under Napoleon, French history painting, especially battle painting, encountered a series of questions as to its nature and function. These questions arose in part from the (often contradictory) demand of a propaganda-machine operating within a postrevolutionary crisis of political legitimation, but also from changes in artistic taste which both retained and re-directed an earlier notion of the civic responsibilities of the history painter. This is a resolutely interdisciplinary book: drawing on perspectives from political thought and history, military theory and practice and art history, which centres on the work of the painter, Antoine-Jean Gros, and his controversial painting, La Bataille d'Eylau. `Detailed and highly intelligent . . . this book is a significant addition to the literature on French art of the early nineteenth century.' Times Literary Supplement

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 1998
Authors:	Christopher Prendergast (Professor of Modern French Literature and Fellow)
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	242
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-817422-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Painting & paintings > General Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > European history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Political control & influence > Propaganda Books > History > European history > 1750 to 1900 Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-19-817422-5
Barcode:	9780198174226

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