This article focuses on a somewhat neglected satirical poetic work by Eugène Dela- croix, devoted to the painting Pygmalion and Galatea by Anne-Louis Girodet (first exhibited at the 1819 Salon). The text dates back to 1824, the year of both Géricault’s and Girodet’s deaths. After analysing the text and its context, the author explores a new interpretative hypothesis: the work could well be seen as a reaction Delacroix developed against anti-romantic neoclassical positions that, on the occasion of Giro- det’s funeral, were fiercely expressed by Gros and Gérard.
Delacroix contre Girodet: quelques réflexions autour d'un poème méconnu
Chiara Savettieri
2020-01-01
Abstract
This article focuses on a somewhat neglected satirical poetic work by Eugène Dela- croix, devoted to the painting Pygmalion and Galatea by Anne-Louis Girodet (first exhibited at the 1819 Salon). The text dates back to 1824, the year of both Géricault’s and Girodet’s deaths. After analysing the text and its context, the author explores a new interpretative hypothesis: the work could well be seen as a reaction Delacroix developed against anti-romantic neoclassical positions that, on the occasion of Giro- det’s funeral, were fiercely expressed by Gros and Gérard.File in questo prodotto:
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