- Title :
-
Painting's constitution
- Author :
- RATCLIFF, Carter ;
- Publication year :
-
1990
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- Argues that Jacques-Louis David's painting, Oath of the Horatii, 1785 (Paris, Louvre) is among the founding documents of modern painting. Examines David's role as a reformer of pictorial conventions, and asserts that David's Oath provided painting with a 'constitution', a metaphorical equivalent to the American constitution of 1789 and the several French constitutions of the 1790s. ;
- Pagination/Size :
- 4 col. ill. ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ; 5304C01 - 1400-1800 ; Peinture et arts graphiques ; Peinture et dessin ; 530-IV - 1400-1800 ;
- French keywords :
- David, Jacques-Louis, 1748-1825 ; France ; Paris (FRA), Musée national du Louvre ; Peinture ; Politique ; Serment des Horaces ; 1700-1900 ;
- Descriptors :
- David, Jacques-Louis, 1748-1825 ; France ; Oath of the Horatii ; Painting ; Paris (FRA), Musée national du Louvre ; Politics ; 1700-1900 ;
- Document type :
- Article ;
- Source :
-
Art in America (1939), 1990, 78, 5, May
- INIST identifier :
- 25189182 ;
- ISSN :
- ISSN 0004-3214 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher :
-
Brandt Art Publications, New York, NY
- Publisher country :
- UNITED STATES ;
