ARTH 324 Lecture 12: History Painting and the critique of the Ancient regime Oct 12
22 Oct 2017
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History painting and the critique of the ancient regime, conclusion brutus and. The french revolution: visual culture and the new revolutionary public. David, lictors returning to brutus the bodies of his sons, salon of 1789. Brutus with republic is bringing a new era. Gap in center of painting, rupture in the family. Story of brutus: family living under monarchy, wife"s family sympathetic to manrchy that"d deposed. She embroidens lily that symbolizes the present king of france. Tuesday"s lecture main points right / left wing comes from french revolution. Subject: coming of a new era: significance of the subject matter to events in 1789. Story of brutus set in rome of a republic (elective representatives represent the state), as opposed to monarchical rome which had been the setting for the horatii. French rev, things didn"t go well for him. Significance of political events to the painting of brutus.
