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- Title
CHARLES LE BRUN: THEORY, PHILOSOPHY AND IRONY.
- Authors
Tilghman, B. R.
- Abstract
The article discusses Charles Le Brun, 1619-1690, Director of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, and Director of the Gobelins, in France, and seeks to give a context for his work. The author asserts that renaissance developments in Italy had not been taken up in France at the beginning of the seventeenth century. Painting was controlled by masters of guilds. Le Brun helped to establish The Royal Academy in Paris, France, in 1648, to help artists be freer and create art that could express something of the French nation and the king. The theories of Le Brun about expression and physiognomy are discussed in relation to Greek thought, including Aristotle and Xenophon, and to René Descartes on the emotions, the soul, and representation.
- Subjects
LE Brun, Charles, 1619-1690; 17TH century arts &; architecture; FRENCH painting; HISTORY of painting; ART theory; ARISTOTLE, 384-322 B.C.; DESCARTES, Rene, 1596-1650
- Publication
British Journal of Aesthetics, 1992, Vol 32, Issue 2, p123
- ISSN
0007-0904
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/bjaesthetics/32.2.123