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In this new monograph, part of Phaidon`s Art and Ideas series, Simon Lee, Senior Lecturer in the History of Art the University of Reading, examines the work of Delacroix within the framework of his turbulent times, as France experienced the upheavals of the Napoleonic era. Written in a lively and accessible style, and incorporating the latest scholarship on the artist, Lee provides fresh analyses into the life and times of Delacroix and uncovers the creative process behind his most famous works.

Author:


Simon Lee is Associate Professor in the History of Art, University of Reading. He specializes in French and Spanish art of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, particularly the work of Jacques-Louis David, Eugène Delacroix and Francisco de Goya. His particular interests are in the relationship between the visual arts and the social and political upheavals of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods. Lee is the author of Phaidon’s A&I series volume on the French Neo-classical painter David (1999).

Content and sections
Introduction
Growing up with Napoleon 1798 – 1822
Confession and Massacre Early Romanticism
Dandifed Anglophilia England and English Culture
From Outcast to Patriot The 1827 Salon and the 1830 Revolution
Eastern Delights The Trip to North Africa and Its Aftermath
Great Walls to Cover Ofcial Romanticism
The Imagination and Its Mysteries Literature, Music and Art
Creative Seclusion The Final Years 1848 – 63
The Liberation of Colour Delacroix`s Legacy