Exiled in modernity : Delacroix, civilization, and barbarism /

Exiled in modernity : Delacroix, civilization, and barbarism /

Focuses on Eugène Delacroix's fascination with the idea of civilization and the ways this idea informed the artist's writing, murals and paintings of north Africa and animals.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Brien, David, 1962- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Delacroix, Eugène, > 1798-1863 > Criticism and interpretation.
Delacroix, Eugène, > 1798-1863 > Knowledge > Civilization.
Civilization in art.
Animals in art.
Africa, North > In art.
Table of Contents:
  • Delacroix's civilization
  • Civilization and mural painting
  • The primitive and the civilized in North Africa
  • Delacroix's wild kingdom.