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Jacques-Louis David, Revolutionary Artist

其他書名	Art, Politics, and the French Revolution
出版	University of North Carolina Press, 1989
主題	Art / History / GeneralArt / EuropeanArt / Individual Artists / GeneralBiography & Autobiography / Artists, Architects, Photographers
ISBN	08078184539780807818459
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=pmm4AAAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋The lifetime of Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) coincides with the most tumultuous period in the history of France and much of the Western world. And David's life was closely bound up with the changes that were taking place in French politics, society, and culture. Although most other scholars have focused either on David's artistic activity or on his political career, Warren Roberts examines the connections between these two aspects of his life. Using a historical approach, Roberts provides an interpretation of David's art that illuminates David the man.

Roberts presents David's art as a personal record that is an extension of his inner life and a product of historical conditions. David's art, like his character and his actions, cannot be fully understood without understanding the changes that led to and then flowed from the French Revolution. Roberts here considers these changes and their impact on David from the perspectives of the historian and the art historian, and he comes to conclusions that are important for both.