Jacques-Louis David

AE #5: Formal Visual Analysis  The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David a. The medium of the artwork was oil on canvas. b. The work’s dimensions is 5 ft. 3 in x 4 ft. and 1 in. c. The Death of Marat was originally created in France, but can now be found at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium. d. The genre of the painting is history. e. Jacques-Louis David painted the Death of Marat as a memorial to Jean Marat, who was a dear friend of his. f. When David originally painted the Death of Marat, I’m sure the targeted audience was everyone around in that day. It was a personalized sort of “news story”. Mostly, it was a memorial, but it also provided mostly true facts on Jean Marat’s death, even down to the murderess’s name written on…

Jacques-Louis David and His Political Art that Influenced France During March of this year I was fortunate enough to get to go to Paris, France where I visited the Musée Du Louvre. There this was one of the paintings that caught my eye. At the time I was in Art History: Neolithic to Renaissance so I had not gotten to the importance of the painting. But I managed to spend much time just sitting and staring at the painting. Something about this massive painting was fascinating. From the cultural…

Few artists have had a greater influence upon the course of portraiture and history painting than the French Neoclassical painter Jacques-Louis David. His canvasses evoked heavy emotion simply not found in the preceding frivolous Rococo era, a severity the artist gravitated to as various governments traded off. First, the conflicting grandeur and inequity of Louis XVI’s Ancien Régime, then the tumultuous French Revolution, and finally the magnificently short lived rule of Napoleon. Ultimately,…

the French people overthrowing the Monarchy and execution of French aristocracy including King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette. This time period is such mixture for the arts. With the flamboyant and dream like Rococo style representing all the luxury that Royalty where having while leaving the French people to starve, artists started looking for new styles to lead the way of the Revolution. Jacques-Louis David was one of these artists and his work not only captured France but also the…

Jacques-Louis David, The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons (1789) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lictors_Bring_to_Brutus_the_Bodies_of_His_Sons This painting was the first to be displayed at the Paris Salon in 1789. The Roman leader Lucius Junius Brutus, considering the fate of his sons. The people had conspired against him to take over the republic and to give back the empire. Brutus himself, was forced to order their deaths. He then became the brave defender of the republic,…

Jacques-Louis David: Main Ideas and Influence on the World of the Art Jacques Louis David was born in prosperous family. His single mother decided to dedicate him to architecture, but David failed in the University of Paris, and eventually came to study painting in the Royal Academy. David is considered to be the founder of the French Neoclassicism. In fact, in his painting style are united three areas: rococo, neo-classicism and romanticism. The artist already in his younger years was honored…

There is a distinguished painting by Jacques-Louis David, titled Napoleon Crossing the Alps. This oil painting was painted at the end of the year 1800, glorifying napoleon’s march into the Alps to attack Austria, which occurred early that year. It is often viewed as a propaganda piece of his military power and achievements. Although the subsequent French victory in Austria was due to French reinforcements, Napoleon “was careful to appropriate all the glory to himself. In the painting,…

1748, a young french neoclassicist painter names Jacques-Louis David was born in Paris, Kingdom of France. Jacques- Louis was an active supporter of the French Revolution and was imprisoned after the fall of his friend Maximilien Robespierre’s fall from power. Jacques- Louis David was frequently involved with the politics of France, and utilized his painting abilities to illustrate strong opinions in regards to the political regimes. During this time, he developed an empire style. After…

The Tennis Court Oath Oil painting by Jacques Louis David One of the most pivotal important moments in French History happened to also be a major turning point for the French society now seen today. That moment would be the Tennis Court Oath. The painting shows what appears to be the meeting of which was held June 20, 1789 as the Third Estate of France swore to each other never to disband until the Monarchy adopted a constitution limiting the King’s power for their New Assembly. The Tennis…

The paintings that I have chosen to compare are the works of Jacques Louis David and Caravaggio. Both painters have different styles of work and are from two different movements. Death of Socrates is by Jacques Louis David, from the Neoclassicism era, in France, and its medium is oil on canvass. The Crucifixion of St. Peter is by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, from the Baroque era, in Rome, and its medium is oil canvass. The Neoclassic era began in 1765, as a reaction to the Baroque era. In…