Painting's constitution

Author

Ratcliff, Carter

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art in America. 1990, Num. 5, Vol. 78, 208-215, 263, 4 col. ill.

ISSN

0004-3214

Abstract (en)

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.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- France
• David, Jacques-Louis, 1748-1825
• Painting
• France
• 1700-1900
• Musée national du Louvre||Paris (FRA)
• Oath of the Horatii
• Politics

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- France
• David, Jacques-Louis, 1748-1825
• Peinture
• France
• 1700-1900
• Musée national du Louvre||Paris (FRA)
• Le Serment des Horaces
• Politique

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920701-00426430

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