Author: DE CASO, JACQUES
Title: David d'Angers : sculptural communication in the age of romanticism / Jacques de Caso ; translated by Dorothy Johnson and Jacques de Caso
Description: Princeton. N.J. : Princeton University Press 1992. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 273 pages; Physical description: xviii. 273 p. : illus.ports. ; 27 cm. Subjects: David d'Angers. Pierre-Jean (French sculptor and teacher. 1788-1856) - Criticism and interpretation. Sculpture. French - 19th century. Contents: 1. The signs of sculpture -- 2. 'Statue Bravache' -- 3. The throne and the altar -- 4. Saint Voltaire -- 5. Indirections and directions. -- Appendices: I. David and the Liberty statuette -- II. Rude and the monuments to Napolean -- III. David : the monument to emnacipation -- IV. David and Carus : a correspondence. Summary: In his pediment for the Pantheon. a sculptural work depicting the many citizens who advanced the revolutionary cause in France. Pierre-Jean David d'Angers (1788-1856) celebrated the heroism of the individual while perpetuating a mythology of the modern world. Reassessing the art of David d'Angers. Jacques de Caso not only presents him as a central figure of French Romanticism. but also explores his role in shaping the artistic and social directions of French sculpture during this period. The author shows how David's ardent Republicanism. which resulted from profound reflections on political. social and cultural realities as well as personal ideals. was expressed in monumental sculpted works that often created scandal and controversy.Weight in Kg appr.:

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