Hersilia's Sisters: Jacques-Louis David, Women, and the Emergence of Civil Society in Post-Revolution France by Bryson, Norman

Hersilia's Sisters: Jacques-Louis David, Women, and the Emergence of Civil Society in Post-Revolution France

Political and cultural history and the arts combine in this engaging account of 1790s France. In 1799,...
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Hersilia's Sisters: Jacques-Louis David, Women, and the Emergence of Civil Society in Post-Revolution France by Bryson, Norman

Hersilia's Sisters: Jacques-Louis David, Women, and the Emergence of Civil Society in Post-Revolution France

Dhs. 633.41

Hersilia's Sisters: Jacques-Louis David, Women, and the Emergence of Civil Society in Post-Revolution France

Dhs. 633.41
Author: Norman Bryson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Political and cultural history and the arts combine in this engaging account of 1790s France.

In 1799, when the French artist Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) exhibited his Intervention of the Sabines, a history painting featuring the ancient heroine Hersilia, he added portraits of two contemporary women on either side of her--Henriette de Verninac, daughter of Charles-François Delacroix, minister of foreign affairs, and Juliette Récamier, a well-known and admired socialite. Drawing on many disciplines, Norman Bryson explains how such a combination of paintings could reveal the underlying nature of the Directoire, the period between the vicious and near-dictatorial Reign of Terror (1793-94) and the coup in 1799 that brought Napoleon to power.

Hersilia's Sisters illuminates ways that cultural life and civil society were rebuilt during these years through an extraordinary efflorescence of women pioneers in every cultural domain--literature, the stage, opera, moral philosophy, political theory, painting, popular journalism, and fashion. Through a close examination of David's work between The Intervention of the Sabines (begun in 1796) and Bonaparte Crossing the Alps (begun in 1800), Bryson explores how the flowering of women's culture under the Directoire became a decisive influence on David's art. With more than 150 illustrations, this book provides new and brilliant insight into this period that will captivate readers.

Author: Norman Bryson
Publisher: Getty Research Institute
Published: 07/25/2023
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.08lbs
Size: 10.50h x 7.50w
ISBN: 9781606067710

About the Author
Norman Bryson is a professor of art history at the University of California, San Diego. He has published widely in the areas of eighteenth-century art history, critical theory, and contemporary art.

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