Jacques-Louis David: References & Edit History
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E.J. Delécluze, Louis David, son école et son temps (1855, reprinted 1983), is a primary source of information by one of the artist’s pupils. Biographies include David Lloyd Dowd, Pageant-Master of the Republic: Jacques-Louis David and the French Revolution (1948, reissued 1969); Simon Lee, David (1999); and Antonio Pinelli, David (2004). General histories of style containing perceptive analyses of David’s work are Walter Friedlaender, David to Delacroix (1952, reissued 1980; originally published in German, 1930); Robert Rosenblum, Transformations in Late Eighteenth Century Art (1967); Hugh Honour, Neo-Classicism (1968, reissued 1991); and Anita Brookner, Jacques-Louis David (1980). Philippe Bordes, Jacques-Louis David: Empire to Exile (2005), is an exhibition catalogue.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revised discussion on his later life. | Oct 16, 2026 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 14, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 26, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Art in Context - Jacques-Louis David Introducing This Neoclassical French Painter. | May 07, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: UNMs Digital Repository - Jacques-Louis David's Neoclassicism and the Ideals of the Enlightenment (PDF). | Feb 04, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 25, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: npj Heritage Science - Discovering the evolution of Jacques-Louis Davids portrait of Antoine-Laurent and Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze Lavoisier. | Dec 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Jacques-Louis David�s tumour: an opportunity to study the natural history of a pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland. | Mar 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Rochester - Writing, Speaking, and Argument Program - Changing Times, Changing Allegiances: Jacques-Louis David. | Nov 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New York Times - The Dangerous Beauty of Jacques-Louis David. | Oct 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Jacques Louis David. | May 01, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Web Gallery of Art - Jacques Louis David. | Oct 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art in Context - Jacques-Louis David Introducing This Neoclassical French Painter. | Aug 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art UK - Biography of Jacques-Louis David. | Jun 07, 2023 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 31, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Gallery of Victoria - Napoleon - Jacques-Louis David. | Feb 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Art Story - Biography of Jacques-Louis David. | Dec 15, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Linda Hall Library - Jacques-Louis David. | Apr 03, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 09, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Biography of Jacques-Louis David. | Jan 22, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: The National Gallery, London - Biography of Jacques-Louis David. | Jan 17, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Gallery of Australia - Biography of Jacques-Louis David. | Jan 17, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Web Gallery of Art - Jacques-Louis David. | Jan 17, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: The National Gallery, London - Biography of Jean-Honor� Fragonard. | Dec 28, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Legacy of Jacques Louis David (17481825). | Dec 28, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Getty - Biography of Jacques-Louis David. | Dec 28, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Gallery of Australia - Biography of Jacques-Louis David. | Dec 28, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Web Gallery of Art - Biography of Jacques-Louis David. | Dec 28, 2012 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 27, 2011 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 31, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Jul 29, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Web Gallery of Art - Biography of David, Jacques-Louis. | Jun 22, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 20, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: WebMuseum - Jacques-Louis David. | Aug 10, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 18, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jan 12, 2000 |
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