Monument, Portrait, Tableau: Making Sense of and with Jacques-Louis David’s Tennis Court Oath

Autor: Catherine Le Guerrier, Mark Antaki
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Studies in the History of Law and Justice ISBN: 9783319754956
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-75497-0_2
Popis: On 20 June 1789, the members of the newly-established National Assembly swore the famous Tennis Court Oath: not to separate until they had given the polity a new constitution. This chapter examines Jacques-Louis David’s ambitious—and never finished—attempt to capture this revolutionary moment. It inquires into how his Tennis Court Oath allows and invites one to sense the nation and its sovereignty. It does so by considering the Oath as, in turn, Monument, Portrait, and Tableau.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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