La Douleur: David d'Angers Expression of Pain
La Douleur: David d'Angers Expression of Pain
The Frick Collection -
In a celebrated passage from his Histoire de la Révolution Française, French historian Jules Michelet asserts that the revolution left no lasting monuments, only empty space. Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, arguably the greatest sculptor of the early nineteenth century, made it his life's work to fill that void. This lecture will follow David's attempts to reinvigorate and adapt the notion of a historical monument to the new social and political landscape of modernity.
The Frick Collection -
In a celebrated passage from his Histoire de la Révolution Française, French historian Jules Michelet asserts that the revolution left no lasting monuments, only empty space. Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, arguably the greatest sculptor of the early nineteenth century, made it his life's work to fill that void. This lecture will follow David's attempts to reinvigorate and adapt the notion of a historical monument to the new social and political landscape of modernity.