{"product_id":"the-french-revolution-as-blasphemy-william-l-pressly-9780520211964","title":"The French Revolution as Blasphemy: Johan Zoffany's Paintings of the Massacre at Paris, August 10, 1792 Volume 6","description":"William Pressly presents for the first time a close analysis of two important, neglected paintings, arguing that they are among the most extraordinary works of art devoted to the French Revolution. Johan Zoffany's \u003ci\u003ePlundering the King's Cellar at Paris, August 10, 1792\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCelebrating over the Bodies of the Swiss Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e, both painted in about 1794, represent events that helped turn the English against the Revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePressly places both paintings in their historical context--a time of heightened anti-French hysteria--and relates them to pictorial conventions: contemporary history painting, the depiction of urban mobs in satiric and festival imagery, and Hogarth's humorous presentation of modern moral subjects, all of which Zoffany adopted and reinvented for his own purposes. Pressly relates the paintings to Zoffany's status as a German-born Catholic living in Protestant England and to Zoffany's vision of revolutionary justice and the role played by the sansculottes, women, and blacks. He also examines the religious dimension in Zoffany's paintings, showing how they broke new ground by conveying Christian themes in a radically new format.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArt historians will find Pressly's book of immense value, as will cultural historians interested in religion, gender, and race.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William L. Pressly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520211960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520211964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 7.20w x 1.00d","brand":"William L. Pressly","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072300511487,"sku":"9780520211964","price":68.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bddc1cf2-7fcf-4bce-b86e-fae1ad7fd963.jpg?v=1685441136","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-french-revolution-as-blasphemy-william-l-pressly-9780520211964","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}