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La Vie et l'oeuvre de Jacques-Louis David (La vie et l'euvre) (French Edition)
La Vie et l'oeuvre de JacquesLouis David - La vie et l'euvre - French Edition Author:Jean-Jacques Leveque David alone epitomises the terrific power of the image upon public memory. Within a few pictures he summarises the history of his time, displaying an unequalled sense of theatrical presentation. His achievement is also an exposition of the driving forces at work within French society; those which later prompted its swing from the outdated spirit... more » of the 18th century into the excesses of the romantic age. His works evoke the nature of civic sentiment, describe a revolutionary era and create an array of characters which anticipate Balzac's "comedie humaine"
More than just an art-study, this is a history of an essentially transitional period.« less