AHIS 120gp Study Guide - Final Guide: Juliette Récamier, Joséphine De Beauharnais, Sabines
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Jacques-louis david, the intervention of the sabine women. A large history painting about the aftermath of the abduction of the sabine women by the romans. Hersilia is throwing herself between her husband, the king of roman and her father, the king of the sabines. David uses this subject as a reconciliation of the french people after the revolution. Women play the crucial role here, unlike in the oath of the horatii. Painting was planned while david was imprisoned. David considered this painting as his finest. Instead of showing it to the salon, he presented it at an independent paying exhibition in his studio at the louvre. Before painting, he proclaimed i want to paint pure greekness . Jacques-louis david, the consecration of the emperor napolean and the coronation of. A large history painting about the splendor of the emperor"s coronation while conveying its political and symbolic message.
