Gérard, Girodet, Gros David's Studio (Drawing Gallery) - Softcover

Sérullaz, Arlette

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8874392532 ISBN 13: 9788874392537

Publisher: 5Continents, 2008

Synopsis

Jacques-Louis David based teaching in his studio on the study of antiquity and on imitation of the Classics. As a result, it soon became synonymous with cold, static academism. Today, this opinion still prevails: David's pupils, supposedly locked into rigid indoctrination, are seldom credited with the slightest spirit of innovation. Yet the drawings of Drouais, Hennequin, Wicar and Navez, rightly considered David's most orthodox disciples, show a clear ability to create new forms with their own personal vision of antiquity. Meanwhile, G,rard, Girodet and Gros, while continuing to demonstrate their mastery of established classical drawing styles, began taking their art in directions that led to the overturning of David's approaches and prefigured the major innovative trends of the twentieth century.

About this title

About the Author:

Arlette Serullaz is General Curator of the Graphic Arts Department of the Louvre, Director of the Musee Delacroix since 1984 and lecturer at the Ecole du Louvre.

About this edition

• Publisher: 5Continents
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 8874392532
• ISBN 13: 9788874392537
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 92