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@article{ART002018453},
author={HA Sangbok},
title={The Paintings of Jacques-Louis David and the Idea of “Grands-Hommes” - Art as a Political Text},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2015},
volume={72},
number={3},
pages={401-431},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.72.3.201508.401}

TY - JOUR
AU - HA Sangbok
TI - The Paintings of Jacques-Louis David and the Idea of “Grands-Hommes” - Art as a Political Text
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2015
VL - 72
IS - 3
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 401
EP - 431
SN - 1598-3021
AB - This study aims to observe the paintings of Jacques-Louis David as political and ideological text. J.-L. David, one of the most representative painters in neo-classicism, who worked from the second half of the Ancien Régime, actively mobilized his paintings to represent visually the spirit of the age of 18th century France. His artistic life provides us with the best historical example for the politicalization of art. The spirit of age that he wanted to visualize is that of the “grands hommes” (great man). As the French Ancien Régime and its traditional heroism were on the decline, the idea of the “grands hommes”, a new heroism as its anti-thesis emerged. His paintings were evidently oriented to make images embodying that idea. With the historical paintings of the second half of the Ancien Régime describing Greco-roman heroes and the political paintings illustrating the French Revolution’s heroes and Napoléon’s political greatness, David strived to represent and massively distribute the idea of the “grands hommes”. This study will demonstrate a significant example for reading art as a political text.
KW - Jacques-Louis David;art as political text;grands hommes;French revolution
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.72.3.201508.401
ER -

HA Sangbok. (2015). The Paintings of Jacques-Louis David and the Idea of “Grands-Hommes” - Art as a Political Text. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 72(3), 401-431.

HA Sangbok. 2015, "The Paintings of Jacques-Louis David and the Idea of “Grands-Hommes” - Art as a Political Text", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.72, no.3 pp.401-431. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.72.3.201508.401

HA Sangbok "The Paintings of Jacques-Louis David and the Idea of “Grands-Hommes” - Art as a Political Text" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 72.3 pp.401-431 (2015) : 401.

HA Sangbok. The Paintings of Jacques-Louis David and the Idea of “Grands-Hommes” - Art as a Political Text. 2015; 72(3), 401-431. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.72.3.201508.401

HA Sangbok. "The Paintings of Jacques-Louis David and the Idea of “Grands-Hommes” - Art as a Political Text" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 72, no.3 (2015) : 401-431.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.72.3.201508.401

HA Sangbok. The Paintings of Jacques-Louis David and the Idea of “Grands-Hommes” - Art as a Political Text. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 72(3), 401-431. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.72.3.201508.401

HA Sangbok. The Paintings of Jacques-Louis David and the Idea of “Grands-Hommes” - Art as a Political Text. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2015; 72(3) 401-431. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.72.3.201508.401

HA Sangbok. The Paintings of Jacques-Louis David and the Idea of “Grands-Hommes” - Art as a Political Text. 2015; 72(3), 401-431. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.72.3.201508.401

HA Sangbok. "The Paintings of Jacques-Louis David and the Idea of “Grands-Hommes” - Art as a Political Text" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 72, no.3 (2015) : 401-431.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.72.3.201508.401