The Idea of Art as Propaganda in France, 1750-1799
A Study in the History of Ideas
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19913461 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James A Leith (corresponding author), James Leith |
| Year | 1964 |
| Publication date | 1964-12-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Idea of Art As Propaganda in France, 1750-1799 (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.3138/9781487585914 |
| OpenAlex | W4233360525 |
| Open Library | OL35814389M |
| ISBN | 9781487585914 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
One of the most modern features of the French Revolution was its intention of shaping a new kind of citizen by exposing him from childhood to inspirational messages and behavioral models. In this effort to regenerate the masses the French Revolutionaries sought to employ not only schools, but newspapers, festivals, dramas, poems, songs, paintings, statues, and engravings as well. At the peak of the Terror, French leaders brough tthe West to the threshold of the totalitarian state in the fullest sense of the world: they established a single party state, directed a regimented economy, created a mass army, and sought to mobilize all the media capable of influencing the human mind. In was an interest in both art and the Revolution which led Professor Leith to explore the groth of the idea of using art as one instrument of propaganda
Art · Art history · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical Art and Culture Studies · History · Visual Culture and Art Theory · french · Propaganda
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2022 (44) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |