{"product_id":"2026200015300-secondhand-jacques-louis-david","title":"Jacques-Louis David","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the turbulent crossroads of art and revolution stands Jacques-Louis David, the most celebrated painter of the French Neoclassical movement, whose canvases burned with moral conviction, political allegiance, and an almost terrifying grandeur. Anita Brookner's authoritative study chronicles the life and work of this towering figure — from his early triumphs in Rome and Paris, through his fervent embrace of the French Revolution and his intimate bond with Napoleon Bonaparte, to his final years of exile in Brussels — illuminating how a single artist could shape the visual identity of an entire era.\n\nBrookner, herself a distinguished art historian and novelist, brings a rare dual sensibility to this work, arguing persuasively that David's genius lay not merely in technical mastery but in his extraordinary capacity to transform political ideology into timeless aesthetic statement. Her prose is precise, elegant, and deeply learned, situating David's iconic works — The Oath of the Horatii, The Death of Marat, and Coronation of Napoleon — within the seismic social upheavals that produced them. For anyone captivated by the intersection of art, power, and history, this remains an indispensable and revelatory portrait of a man who painted the world as he wished it to be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203114508507,"sku":"2026200015300-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/52afa625-3bdc-40ff-a225-16eebbe7ffd6.png?v=1788144188","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015300-secondhand-jacques-louis-david","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}