Jacques Louis David

WATCH: Floating Opera

Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Austria, 'André Chénier', Floating Opera, Opera, Death of Marat, Jean-Paul Marat, Set Design, UK Arts, French Revolution, Jacques-Louis David, Arts News

Powdered wig-wearing patriots bounce on an inflatable mountaintop. Mermaids twirl while suspended in thin air. A battle breaks out on top of a giant, ...

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The French Revolution As You've Never Seen It -- As a Graphic Novel

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Simon Schama, Bernar Yslaire, Jean-Claude Carrière, Robespierre, French Revolution, Jacques-Louis David, Books News
Jesse Kornbluth

The Sky Over the Louvre, by esteemed cartoonist Bernar Yslaire, demonstrates understanding -- even mastery -- of a fascinating historical episode, and is a powerful aesthetic experience.

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Using Google Art To Explore Famous, Unfinished Paintings

James Elkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Parmigianino, Willem De Kooning, Art, Modernism, Art History, Art Criticism, Richard Dadd, Contemporary Art, Art Theory, Paul Cezanne, Painting, Renaissance Art, Jacques-Louis David, Chris Ofili, Google Art Project, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Britain, Kunstmuseum Basel, Uffizi-Gallery, Arts News
James Elkins

I have been writing about looking slowly, taking the time to see the visual world. My first column was about a Mondrian painting, and it included some...

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