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Jacques- Louis David August 30 th 1748 - December 29 th 1825 By: Emily Kerr & Kathryn Seeger
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Neo-Classicism An unemotional form of art which recaptures the glory of Ancient Greece and Rome. Caravaggio, The Conversion of St. Paul. c. 1600 Baroque Art Jacques Louis David, The Oath of Horatii. c. 1784 Neo-Classical Art Francois Boucher, The Rising Of The Sun. c. 1753 Rococo Art
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Oath of Horatii (1784) In this painting: The brothers are taking an oath before they battle for their family and their country. Message: A Call to Arms A Heroic Message of Self- Sacrifice Jacques Louis David, The Oath of Horatii. c. 1784
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If you lived in the time of the Revolution, how would this painting make YOU react? Jacques Louis David, The Oath of Horatii. c. 1784
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Christian Martyrs vs. Political Martyrs Caravaggio, Deposition (Entombment), c. 1600-04, Jacques Louis David, Death of Marat. c. 1794. *Beginning of the end of the Monarchy “Your committee has, therefore, considered the arts in the light of all those factors by which they should help to spread the progress of the human spirit, and to propagate and transmit to posterity the striking examples of the efforts of a tremendous people who, guided by reason and philosophy, are bringing back to earth the reign of liberty, equality, and law.” pg. 109
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David’s Political Values Jacobin Club (1792) Minister of Propaganda Official Painter For Napoleon I “Too long have Tyrants, fearful even of the image of virtue, kept thought itself in chains, encouraged licence, and stamped out genius...” pg 109
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What are the differences between Delaroche’s realistic interpretation and David’s propagandist approach? Why do you think propaganda is always an embellished or enhance version of the truth? Paul Delaroche, Bonaparte Crossing The Alps. c. 1850 Jacques Louis David, Napoleon Crossing the Alps. c. 1800
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Works Cited "David, Jacques-Louis." Enlightenment Revolution. Accessed March 15, 2016. http://enlightenment-revolution.org/index.php/David,_Jacques-Louis. "Jacques Louis David Biography." Biography. Accessed March 15, 2016. http://www.jacqueslouisdavid.org/biography.html. "Neoclassical Art." Artcyclopedia. Accessed March 16, 2016. http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/neoclassicism.html. "Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Marat." YouTube. Accessed March 18, 2016. https://youtu.be/Hw2_hv439Fg.
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