1. Jacques Louis David Neoclassical Artist Vanessa Molden Western High School

2. Jacques Louis David Lived 1748-1825 Most famous for portraits of Napoleon and other French Revolution figures Also painted subjects from Ancient Greek and Roman History Specialty: Historical Paintings and (you guessed it) Propaganda Art.

3. Oath of the Horatii (this is often referred to as the 1 st Neoclassical painting)

4. Oath of the Horatii About 3 warriors swearing an oath to defend their city to the death Patriotic Propaganda The general public saw in the painting, their own belief that they needed to save their country from the outlandish spending of the ruling monarchy (in France).

5. Death of Socrates

6. Death of Marat

7. Death of Socrates and Death of Marat David wanted his audience to feel outrage and shock over the death of one of the leaders of the French Revolution. Both are images of men who died horrible deaths for a noble cause.

8. Napoleon in His Study

9. Napoleon at St. Bernard

10. The Bonaparte Sisters

11. Napoleon’s Coronation

12. Paintings of Napoleon David painted many different pictures of Napoleon These are referred to as Napoleonic Propaganda Their goal is to make viewers (the French) see Napoleon as a strong leader, meant to be respected and admired.

13. Choose 2 of these paintings to write about in your ORQ Napoleon’s Coronation Napoleon at St. Bernard Napoleon in His Study