David to Delacroix the rise of romantic mythology /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Dorothy, 1950-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Bettie Allison Rand lectures in art history.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. David and the rise of romantic mythology
  • Eros and the origins of art : Girodet's mythic meditations
  • From Eros to Thanatos : the mapping of the mythological body
  • Ingres and the enigma
  • Mythological madness and the feminine : from Gros's suicidal Sappho to Delacroix's murderous Medea
  • Conclusion. The continuum of myth.