Jacques-Louis David

and
Jean-Louis Prieur

Revolutionary
Artists
The Public, the Populace, and Images of the
French Revolution

Warren Roberts

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS

 Contents

Figures vii
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction: The Public and the Populace 1
PART ONE
Jean-Louis Piieui, the Populace, and
Images of the French Revolution

1 The Paris Insurrection 19

2 Jean-Louis Prieur and the Tableaux historiques:

Images of the Paris Insurrection 59
3 Jean-Louis Prieur and the Tableaux historiques:
August 1789 to September 1792 111
PART TWO
Jacques-Louis David and the Public: Rousseau, Robespierre,
Revolutionary Images, and Revolutionary Festivals

4 Robespierre and the People 195

5 David and the Tennis Court Oath 227

6 Robespierre, David, and Revolutionary Festivals 269

Conclusion: David, Prieur, and the Tragedy of the

French Revoultion 313
Notes 323
Bibliography 349
Index 363