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facing the public portraiture in the aftermath of the facing the public portraiture in the aftermath of the french revolution critical perspectives in art history paperback april 22 2000 by anthony halliday author
facing the public portraiture in the aftermath of the this is an area which has largely been ignored by art historians who have concentrated on art associated with the public events of the revolution. seenom the perspective of portrait production.

facing the public portraiture in the aftermath of the this work examines the effect of the french revolution on portrait painting. portraits were the most wlymissioned paintings in 18thcentury france. but most portraits were produced for private consumptions and were therefore seen as inferior to artsigned for public exhibition.

ntity trouble after the revolution portraiture produced in the period is chockfull of interestingrmation not only about the works he examines but also about the vexing dilemmas faced by all artists active in the french capital during this unsettled period. a skilled practitioner of mainstream contextual art history his approach to the material is iconographic and sociological.

facing the public portraiture in the aftermath of the 1 portrait painting for the ancien regime 5 2 portraits on exhibition the revolution 26 3 artists and other heroes 48 4 private life as public spectacle 83 5 advent of the acmic outsr 123 6 private art in an age of dictatorship 152 7 public authority in an age of dictatorship portraits of bonaparte as first consul 176 8 .

hfrance review volume 16 2016 page 1 in 1999 tony halliday published a groundbreaking study facing the public portraiture in the aftermath of the french revolution a reception narrative thattails how during the directory and consulate painters and critics claimed for the genre the high artistic ambitions that traditionally legitimated the superiority of history painting. in a chapter entitled private life as public spectacle he also explored

art and politics in the french revolution oxford art portraiture and politics in revolutionary france addresses a longstandingsratum of art historical scholarship on the french revolution taking portraiture beyond theamework of the salon that is the primary focus of the only other exted monographdicated to the topic of portraiture during the french revolution tony hallidays facing the public portraiture in the aftermath of the french revolution 1999 and by extension beyond the emphasis on the primacy of the artist the .

vol. 24 no. 1 2001 of oxford art journal on jstor description the oxford art journal has an international reputation for publishing innovative critical work in art history and has played a major role in recent rethinking of the discipline. it ismitted to the political analysis of visual art and material representationom a variety of theoretical perspectives and has carried work addressing themesom antiquity to contemporary art .

french revolution and aftermath 1789 self study history french revolution and aftermath 17891815 part 1 the french revolution was an influential period of social and political upheaval in france that lastedom 1789 until 1799. inspired by liberal and radical as the revolution profoundly altered the course of mrn history triggering the globalcline of theocracies and absolute monarchies while replacing them with republics