Tag Archives: David

AN EMPHASIS ON MORAL AMBIGUITY

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Dave

Eugene Delacroix characterized Jacques Louis David as the founding father of the modern school of art. His challenging of established aesthetic vision, bold experiments in subject and style, and at the end of his career, mythological compositions that explore complex … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Charles-Michel Trudaine, David, Eugene Delacroix, French Painting, Jacques-Louis David, Maximilien Robespierre, Napoleon Bonaparte, Robespierre, The Oath of the Horatii, The Sabines, Walter Benjamin | 2 Comments

ELUSIVE FORTY-FIRST SEAT

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Dave

A language police and literary garbage removal squad.Painful protocol for a poet to swallow.The Academie Francaise was created by Cardinal Richelieu in 1635 as the official agency of linguistic formalism. It began as a reaction against female domination of the … Continue reading →