The French Revolution as blasphemy : Johan Zoffany's paintings of the massacre at Paris, August 10, 1792 /

William Pressly presents for the first time a close analysis of two important, neglected paintings, arguing that they are among the most extraordinary works of art devoted to the French Revolution. Johan Zoffany's Plundering the King's Cellar at Paris, August 10, 1792, and Celebrating over...

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Detaylı Bibliyografya
Yazar: Pressly, William L., 1944-
Diğer Yazarlar: Zoffany, Johann, 1733-1810
Materyal Türü: Licensed eBooks
Dil:İngilizce
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©1999.
Seri Bilgileri:California studies in the history of art. Discovery series ; 6.
Online Erişim:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=21316
İçindekiler:
  • A checkered career
  • The Journée of August 10, 1792
  • A modern Bacchanal: Plundering the King's cellar at Paris
  • The furies of Hell: Celebrating over the bodies of the Swiss soldiers
  • Thesis and antithesis: an antiheroic art
  • Counterrevolutionary propaganda
  • Religious transcendence.