After the Revolution

Antoine-Jean Gros, Painting and Propaganda Under Napoleon

Pages: 288
Published: 2005
Language: English

David O'Brien's "After the Revolution: Antoine-Jean Gros, Painting, and Propaganda Under Napoleon" is the first comprehensive study in over a century to examine Gros's career, from his beginnings in David's studio to his Napoleonic successes and tragic end, focusing on the artist's work within the context of Napoleon's regime and the institutional machinery that regulated the arts.

Prose complexity: 10/10

Informative Intellectual Complex Thought-Provoking

Art & Photography Biography History

David O'Brien

David O'Brien writes on American politics and history, with works like "The politics of American government" and "State and local politics." He also explores historical topics such as "After the Revolution" and "Remembering Brown at fifty.