IDENTITY
Histoire de la Révolution française
Other Nonfiction
Work Summary
A multi-volume history of the French Revolution written as a dramatic narrative of political and popular transformation. Michelet emphasizes the people as a historical force and presents revolutionary events within a broad moral and national interpretation of French history.
Evidence Summary
Van Gogh names Michelet's history of the French Revolution among works he studied seriously and compares Michelet with painters.
Literary–visual analogy; books and painting are presented as mutually enriching.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Jules Michelet
Work
Histoire de la Révolution française
Years / Period
22–24 Jun 1880
Van Gogh Relation
Read, Compared / Connected
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
something of Correggio or Sarto in Michelet
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
22–24 Jun 1880 — Letter 155
Read / studied seriously · Compared with painters
something of Correggio or Sarto in Michelet
Response: Van Gogh names Michelet's history of the French Revolution among works he studied seriously and compares Michelet with painters.
Connection: Literary–visual analogy; books and painting are presented as mutually enriching.
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