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David
A study of Jacques-Louis David, chronicler of the French Revolution.
Simon Lee
Editions:
Price: USD$22.95
230 points- Paperback
- English
- 220 x 160 mm, 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in
- 352 pp
- 167 colour illustrations, 38 black and white illustrations
- ISBN-13: 9780714838045
- ISBN-10: 0714838047
- Argues that Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), participant in and chronicler of the French Revolution and painter to Napoleon, was the single most important painter of the age
- The first book to trace all aspects of David's career, from his intellectual interests to his entrepreneurial skills and his relationships with patrons
- Sets the artist in the context of Bourbon, Revolutionary, Napoleonic and Restoration France and discusses all the current scholarly debates about David
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