Jacques-Louis David, Revolutionary Artist
Warren Roberts • 1989 • The University of North Carolina Press
- Author
- Warren Roberts
- First published
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Subjects
- David, jacques louis, 1748-1825
- ISBN
- 9780807843505
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Warren Roberts published Jacques-Louis David, Revolutionary Artist in 1989 through the University of North Carolina Press. The work was conceived during a period of rigorous academic re-evaluation of the French Revolution's visual culture, aiming to move beyond traditional art historical formalism to situate David's Neoclassical masterpieces firmly within the shifting political landscape of late 18th-century France.
Roberts, a professor of history, drew heavily upon psychoanalytic and social history frameworks to interpret David's shift from royal court painter to a primary architect of revolutionary iconography. The book is recognized for its focused analysis on how the artist’s personal psyche and public political convictions influenced the rigid, heroic compositions that came to define the visual identity of the French Republic.
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