{"product_id":"delacroix","title":"Delacroix and the Matter of Finish","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis groundbreaking publication centers on a previously unknown variation of Eugène Delacroix’s (1798–1863) dramatic masterpiece \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Last Words of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, published here for the first time.  This book offers a compelling reassessment of the relationship of the artist, widely considered a primary exemplar of Romanticism, to Neoclassical themes, as demonstrated by his life-long fascination with the death of Marcus Aurelius.  Through this investigation, the authors reinterpret Delacroix’s lineage to such fellow artists as Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867) and Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825).  Playing on the various interpretations of the word “finish,” the book also offers a fascinating account of Delacroix’s famously troubled collaboration with his studio assistants, his conflicted feelings about pedagogy, and his preoccupation with the fate of civilizations.  Author, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEik Kahng,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is assistant director and chief curator, Santa Barbara Museum of Art.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMarc Gotlieb\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is director of the graduate program and Class of 1955 Memorial Professor of Art, Williams College.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMichèle Hannoosh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is professor of French, University of Michigan.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"SANTA BARBARA M. A.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32496715071588,"sku":"9780300199444","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0167\/9500\/9124\/products\/Delacroix.jpg?v=1609634706","url":"https:\/\/sbmashop.net\/products\/delacroix","provider":"SBMA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}