Tradition and Desire: From David to Delacroix (Cambridge Studies in French)

by Norman Bryson

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In this highly original book Norman Bryson applied 'structuralist' and 'post-structuralist' approaches to French Romantic Painting. He considers the work of David, Ingres and Delacroix as artists who found themselves within an artistic tradition that had nothing creative to offer them.
  • ISBN13 9780521335621
  • Publish Date 19 March 1987 (first published 23 August 1984)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 30 June 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Cambridge University Press
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 252
  • Language English