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    Delphi Complete Works of Jacques-Louis David (Illustrated)
    Delphi Complete Works of Jacques-Louis David (Illustrated)
    Delphi Complete Works of Jacques-Louis David (Illustrated)
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    Delphi Complete Works of Jacques-Louis David (Illustrated)

    By Peter Russell and Jacques-Louis David

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    The principal exponent of the Neoclassical reaction against the Rococo style, Jacques-Louis David won wide acclaim with his huge canvases on classical themes. The appointed painter to Napoleon, David developed his Empire style, notable for its use of warm Venetian colours, confirming his status as the most celebrated artist of his day. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents David’s complete works in beautiful detail, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)


    * The complete paintings of Jacques-Louis David — fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order
    * Includes reproductions of rare works
    * Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information
    * Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore David’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books
    * Hundreds of images in colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders
    * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the paintings
    * Easily locate the paintings you wish to view
    * Includes David’s drawings - explore the artist’s varied works
    * Features a bonus biography - discover David’s artistic and personal life


    Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting e-Art books


    CONTENTS:


    The Highlights
    Erasistratus Discovering the Cause of Antiochus’ Disease
    Andromache Mourning Hector
    Oath of the Horatii
    The Death of Socrates
    The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons
    Sketch of ‘The Tennis Court Oath’
    The Death of Marat
    Self Portrait of Jacques-Louis David
    Unfinished Portrait of General Bonaparte
    The Intervention of the Sabine Women
    Portrait of Madame Récamier
    Leonidas at Thermopylae
    Napoleon Crossing the Alps
    The Coronation of Napoleon
    The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
    Portrait of Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès
    Mars Being Disarmed by Venus and the Three Graces


    The Paintings
    The Complete Paintings
    Alphabetical List of Paintings


    The Drawings
    List of Drawings


    The Biography
    Brief Biography: Jacques-Louis David


    Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to buy the whole Art series as a Super Set


    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPublishdrive
    Release dateNov 13, 2017
    ISBN9781786565143
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      Delphi Complete Works of Jacques-Louis David (Illustrated) - Peter Russell

      Jacques-Louis David

      (1748-1825)

      Contents

      The Highlights

      Erasistratus Discovering the Cause of Antiochus’ Disease

      Andromache Mourning Hector

      Oath of the Horatii

      The Death of Socrates

      The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons

      Sketch of ‘The Tennis Court Oath’

      The Death of Marat

      Self Portrait of Jacques-Louis David

      Unfinished Portrait of General Bonaparte

      The Intervention of the Sabine Women

      Portrait of Madame Récamier

      Leonidas at Thermopylae

      Napoleon Crossing the Alps

      The Coronation of Napoleon

      The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries

      Portrait of Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès

      Mars Being Disarmed by Venus and the Three Graces

      The Paintings

      The Complete Paintings

      Alphabetical List of Paintings

      The Drawings

      List of Drawings

      The Biography

      Brief Biography: Jacques-Louis David

      The Delphi Classics Catalogue

      © Delphi Classics 2017

      Version 1

      Masters of Art Series

      Jacques-Louis David

      By Delphi Classics, 2017

      COPYRIGHT

      Masters of Art - Jacques-Louis David

      First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Delphi Classics.

      © Delphi Classics, 2017.

      All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published.

      ISBN: 978 1 78656 514 3

      Delphi Classics

      is an imprint of

      Delphi Publishing Ltd

      Hastings, East Sussex

      United Kingdom

      Contact: sales@delphiclassics.com

      www.delphiclassics.com

      The Highlights

      Jacques-Louis David was born to a family of the petty bourgeoisie in Paris on August 30, 1748, at the Quai de la Mégisserie, a road located in the 1st arrondissement.

      The Quai de la Mégisserie in c. 1840

      David was baptised on 30 August 1748, the day of his birth, in the church of Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois, Paris

      David as a young man by Joseph-Denis Odevaere

      The Highlights

      In this section, a sample of David’s most celebrated works is provided, with concise introductions, special ‘detail’ reproductions and additional biographical images.

      Erasistratus Discovering the Cause of Antiochus’ Disease

      On 30 August 1748, Jacques-Louis David was born into a prosperous family in Paris. However, when he was nine years old, his father was killed in a duel and his mother decided to leave him in the charge of his wealthy architect uncles. He received an excellent education at the Collège des Quatre-Nations, University of Paris, though David was never to be a good student. Following a fencing contest, he suffered a facial injury that impeded his speech for the rest of his life. He was often preoccupied with drawing, neglecting his studies. He covered his notebooks with drawings and is reported to have said, I was always hiding behind the instructor’s chair, drawing for the duration of the class. In short time, he nurtured ambitions to become a painter, yet his uncles and mother wanted him to be an architect.

      Eventually, he overcame their opposition and secured a place under the tutelage of François Boucher (1703–1770), the leading painter of the time, who was also a distant relative. Boucher was a painter of the Rococo style — characterised by a more jocular, florid and graceful approach to the Baroque. Rococo art was ornate and employed light colours, asymmetrical designs, curves and prominent use of gold. Unlike the political Baroque, the Rococo utilised playful and witty themes.  Nevertheless, tastes were changing and fashion was now giving way to a more classical style.

      Boucher decided to reassign David’s tutelage, sending him instead to his friend, Joseph-Marie Vien (1716–1809), a painter that embraced the classical reaction to Rococo. Under Vien’s guidance, David attended the Royal Academy, located in what is now the Louvre. David soon set his sights on winning the prestigious Prix de Rome, a prize awarded each year by the Academy, which would fund a three to five year stay in Rome, studying the Italian Renaissance masters at first hand. Each pensionnaire was lodged in the French Academy’s Roman outpost, which from the years 1737 to 1793 was the Palazzo Mancini in the Via del Corso. David competed for, and failed to win, the prize for three consecutive years — contributing to the artist’s lifelong grudge against the institution.

      After his second loss in 1772, David went on a hunger strike, lasting two and a half days before the faculty encouraged him to continue painting. Confident he now had the support and backing needed to win the prize, he resumed his studies with fresh enthusiasm, only to fail to win the Prix de Rome again the following year, when he threatened to kill himself. Finally, in 1774, David was awarded the Prix de Rome on the strength of his painting of Erasistratus Discovering the Cause of Antiochus’ Disease, a subject that was set by the judges. In October 1775 he made the journey to Italy with his mentor, Joseph-Marie Vien, recently appointed director of the French Academy at Rome.

      The winning entry, represented in the following plates, is a history painting inspired by an episode in Plutarch’s Lives, concerning the Greek court physician Erasistratus (c. 304–c. 250 BC), who served as royal physician under Seleucus I Nicator of Syria. Along with Herophilus, Erasistratus founded a school of anatomy in Alexandria, carrying out ground-breaking anatomical research. He is credited for his description of the valves of the heart and for concluding that the heart was not the centre of sensations, but instead functioned as a pump. Erasistratus was among the first to distinguish between veins and arteries. David’s canvas tells the story of a famous event that involved the physician while working at the court of Seleucus.

      In his old age, the ruler of Syria had married Stratonice, the young and beautiful daughter of Demetrius Poliorcetes, and she had already borne him a child. Antiochus, Seleucus’ son, was suffering from a mysterious malady.  In fact, he had fallen desperately in love with his stepmother, but did not disclose his passion, choosing instead to pine away in silence. The physicians were unable to discover the cause of his illness and Erasistratus himself was at a loss at first, till, finding nothing amiss about his body, he began to suspect that it must be his mind that was affected. Erasistratus confirmed his conjecture when he observed that the

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