In the shadow of david's brutus

Kevin Chua

doi:10.1525/rep.2013.121.1.107

In the shadow of david's brutus

Kevin Chua

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This essay rereads Jacques-Louis David's The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons (1789)-long interpreted in terms of revolutionary virtue-in the light of Carl Schmitt's theories of political foundation and sovereignty. By recovering the early complexity of the figure of Brutus, the essay shows how David's painting anticipated the constitutional debates of September 1789. Representations 121. Winter 2013

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	107-139
Number of pages	33
Journal	Representations
Volume	121
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1525/rep.2013.121.1.107
State	Published - Dec 2013

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