Chains : David, Canova, Canova, and the fall of the public hero in postrevolutionary France / Satish Padiyar.

Author/creator Padiyar, Satish, 1964-
Format Book
Publication InfoUniversity Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxii, 225 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Heroism after the French Revolution : David's Leonidas at Thermopylae -- Inheriting Greek Eros : Anacreontism and homosexual desire -- Kant and the postrevolutionary subject : the aesthetics of freedom -- Subject and surface : Canova and the reinvention of classical sculpture -- Sade/David, in chains.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [215]-217) and index.
LCCN 2006031929
ISBN9780271029632 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0271029633 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780271029634 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780271029632

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks N72.S6 P24 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold