O luxo nas tramas da revolução

Authors

  • Giulia Falcone de Lourenço Universidade de São Paulo. Programa de Pós-graduação em História Social

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2448-1769.mag.2020.189764

Keywords:

French Revolution, Luxury, Fashion, Marie Antoinette, Jacques-Louis David

Abstract

This essay analyses the process of the French Revolution from the transformations provoked and endured by a culture of luxury. Beyond its apprehension as excess, it is proposed that luxury might also be an artifice of distinction and power, and not only a mere exercise of the superfluous. The transformations of luxury are observed both through fashion and art, establishing an intrinsic relationship between the different forms of expression of a culture, which is not limited to one mean of expression but is restricted to a class. For that, two works of Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) produced during the Revolution will be analysed. The first, made during the moment of Marie Antoinette’s execution, and the latter, produced during the Thermidorian Period. Through the analysis of these images, the relationship between the forms assumed by luxury will be weaved into the fabric of each period of the Revolution.

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Author Biography

  • Giulia Falcone de Lourenço, Universidade de São Paulo. Programa de Pós-graduação em História Social

    Desenvolve trabalho de mestrado sobre o sistema da moda no século XXI no Programa de História Social da USP. Contato: giulia.lourenco@usp.br.

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Published

2020-11-11

Issue

Section

Ensaios de Curso

How to Cite

Lourenço, G. F. de. (2020). O luxo nas tramas da revolução. Magma, 27(16), 273-280. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2448-1769.mag.2020.189764