Delacroix: New and Expanded Edition

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Delacroix: New and Expanded Edition
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Barthelemy Jobert
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:352
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 286
Category/GenreRomanticism
Individual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9780691182360
ClassificationsDewey:759.4
Audience
General
Illustrations 249 color + 47 b/w illus.

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 24 July 2018
Publication Country United States

Description

A newly expanded edition of the defining book on one of French Romanticism's most influential and elusive painters Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) was a solitary genius who produced stormy Romantic works like The Death of Sardanapalus as well as more classically inspired paintings such as Liberty Leading the People. Over the long span of his career

Author Biography

Barthelemy Jobert is the head of Fondation Sorbonne Universite and one of the world's leading experts on Delacroix.

Reviews

"[A] unique creative intensity entirely worth revisiting with this latest Delacroix: New and Expanded Edition." * New York Journal of Books * "No cartoon or multi-level digital painting I have seen has reached this level of dramatic intensity." * Pennsylvania Literary Journal *