The Murals of Eugène Delacroix at Saint-Sulpice 


This book was published in 1967 (it is not a reprint) as part of the Monographs on Archaeology and the Fine Arts sponsored by The Archaeological Institute of America and the College Art Association of America. The book is 10.25 x 10.75 inches.  It was authored by Jack J. Spector and has many black and white illustrations, most of them a large size. 

It is a 171-page hardcover bound in blue cloth and very sturdy.  The signs of it having been a library book are the school name stamped on half a dozen pages, a small ghost of a label area on the cover, and non-sticky rubber cement residue on the inside front cover and first page.  It actually is in Very Good to Very Good+ condition.

Contents:

PREFACE 

INTRODUCTION 

Part I   THE COMMISSION: A SKEPTIC PAINTS A RELIGIOUS MURAL

Part II  THE EVOLUTION OF THE MURALS:

A. THE EVOLUTION OF THE SKETCHES 
The Sketches for the St. Michael
The Sketches for the Jacob.
The Sketches for the Heliodorus

THE DAY-TO-DAY DEVELOPMENT OF THE MURALS 
 
Part III THE MURALS

 A. THE SUBJECTS 
 The Tradition of the Subjects 
 Biblical Authenticity, Exoticism and Romantic Realism
B. COMPOSITION AND COLOR
 Composition
 Gesture and Line
 Scale and Viewpoint
 Light and Shadow
 Color
 The Relation of Color to Composition
 The Relation of Color to Luminosity and Brush Stroke
 
Part IV THE CRITICISM OF THE MURALS

CONCLUSION 

APPENDIX I. COMMISSIONS FOR THE DECORATION OF PARISIAN CHURCHES, 1840-1860 

APPENDIX II. RECONSTRUCTIONS OF THE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM FROM THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

APPENDIX III. EXCERPTS FROM THE CRITICISM IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF IMPORTANT SOURCES

INDEX OF NAMES