The Expression of the Passions: The Origin and Influence of Charles Le Brun`s "Conference sur l`expression generale et particuliere"
In 1688, Charles Le Brun, a French academician, delivered a lecture on expression that was so popular it was published in sixty-three separate editions and influenced all discussion of the subject throughout Europe for over a century. This book reconstructs and translates the text of the lecture, explores the context in which it was conceived, delivered, received, and finally rejected, and reproduces the images that accompanied the lecture.
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In 1688, Charles Le Brun, a French academician, delivered a lecture on expression that was so popular it was published in sixty-three separate editions and influenced all discussion of the subject throughout Europe for over a century. This book reconstructs and translates the text of the lecture, explores the context in which it was conceived, delivered, received, and finally rejected, and reproduces the images that accompanied the lecture.
List of IllustrationsPrefaceCh. 1Introduction1Ch. 2Le Brun's Complete Theory of Expression9Ch. 3Charles Le Brun, Painter of Expression31Ch. 4The Tradition of Expression in the Other Arts50Ch. 5The Tradition of Expression in the Visual Arts58Ch. 6The Academy68Ch. 7Acceptance and Rejection85Ch. 8Epilogue101Le Brun's Lecture on Expression109Le Brun's Lecture on Expression: Translation125App. I The Date and Reception of the Lecture141App. II The Drawings144App. III The Sources156App. IV Testelin's Text on Expression163App. V Claude Nivelon's Account of the 'Ouvrage sur la Physionomie'171App. VI Editions, Versions and Derivations175Notes188Bibliography221Index231
