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Jason Farago: “The Dangerous Beauty of Jacques-Louis David”

Posted on February 18, 2022 by

“A landmark exhibition of drawings at the Met brings us into the studio of the French Revolution’s chief propagandist, and stages the ultimate showdown of culture and politics.”

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Joseph Nechvatal: “How Artists of the French Revolution Embraced Neoclassical Revivalism”

Posted on April 22, 2019 by

“The exhibition Revolutionary Generation: French Drawings (1770-1815) from the Fabre Museum illustrates how, as the Rococo movement went out of fashion, France’s insurrectionist artists drew on ancient Greek and Roman art for inspiration.”

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