Flaming Shadows: Girodet and the Incarnate Spectator.

The article examines the interplay between light, shadow, and subjectivity in the works of Anne-Louis Girodet, particularly focusing on his paintings "Pygmalion and Galatea" and "The Sleep of Endymion." It discusses how these mythological compositions reflect the challenges of representing a coheren...

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Publicado en:Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation Vol. 65; no. 3; pp. 157 - 182
Autor principal: Feinberg, Michael
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Publicado: University of Pennsylvania Press Fall2024
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