The first artistic brotherhood : fraternité in the age of Revolution
- Author
- Vaughan, William
- Document type
- Article (livre)
- Language
English
- Book title
- Artistic brotherhoods in the nineteenth century
- Author (monograph)
- Morowitz, Laura (Editor, Collective Author); Vaughan, William (Editor, Collective Author)
- Source
- Artistic brotherhoods in the nineteenth century. 2000, 32-47, 4 ill.
- Publisher
- Ashgate, Aldershot (usa)
- Publication country
- United States
- Abstract (en)
- The fraternal spirit which had once predominated in David's studio during the Revolutionary period was replaced after his release from prison by the imposition of a tight control on production, evident in the procedure adopted for The Rape of the Sabines (Paris, Musée national du Louvre). Its popular, Grecian primitive style, spirit of appeasement, and dominant role of women, felt like betrayal to some in his studio who were prompted to establish a separate communal existence in the monastery of Chaillot. The revolt of this sect (called "Meditateurs," short for "Meditators of the Antique"), subsequently known by one of its nicknames "Barbus," was part of a broader dissatisfaction with the collapse of the Revolutionary ideal, which in its early period laid great emphasis on "maleness." In this context considers the dominating presence of the female painter Lucile Messageot during the Chaillot period, and suggests that the feminization of the group may have contributed to the collapse of its cohesive power. Concludes that the establishment of an alternative group identity, which included "cognitive dressing," while shunning society in one sense, could also be seen as an attention-seeking strategy.
- Subject (en)
- General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- France
- David, Jacques-Louis, 1748-1825
- Painting
- France
- 1700-1900
- Artists' groups and associations
- Revolution (France: 1789-1799)
- Technique
- Rape of the Sabines
- Musée national du Louvre||Paris (FRA)
- Assistants
- Fraternity
- Masculinity
- Gender (sex)
- Costume
- Identity
- Franque, Lucile, 1780-1802
- Women
- Neo-classicism
- Primitifs, Les (artists' group)
- 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
- Groupes et Sociétés d'artistes
- Révolution (France: 1789-1799)
- Technique
- Enlèvement des Sabines
- Musée national du Louvre||Paris (FRA)
- Assistants
- Fraternité
- Masculinité
- Sexe (catégorie)
- Costume
- Identité
- Franque, Lucile, 1780-1802
- Femmes
- Néoclassicisme
- Primitifs, Les (groupe d'artistes)
- Origin
DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)
Identifier20021001-00134705
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