Charles Gleyre's ‘Les Romains’: Classics and nationalism in Swiss art

• Autores: Richard Warren
• Localización: Nations and nationalism, ISSN 1354-5078, Vol. 22, Part 2, 2016, págs. 248-265
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article looks at an example of how classical antiquity was used by a nineteenth-century Swiss painter and explores the national dimension of one of his works. Through an examination of the painting, Les Romains passant sous le joug, its Swiss artist Charles Gleyre and his commission from the canton of Vaud, it will elaborate an example of how a classical legend was transformed in an artistic representation of the nation.