ARTH 1441 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Jacques-Louis David, Horatii, Rococo
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It is a great image of masculinity and patriotism: placed the narrative in a roman background iii, was commissioned by king louis xvi v, thrusting figures represents power, women contrast with the male figures. Is becomes a symbol of the french revolution: painted in softer color, shown with a sense of anguish and emotion goes with the stereotypical view of femininity. It began to be used as inspiration viii. ix. Overall, he depicted what ancient rome would have looked like x. It is a very large painting: used for education and entertainment, tells the story of the medusa, a ship that sunk along the african coast, the event was silenced by the government ii. It was innovative for artists to look at the here and now as subjects for paintings: he worked on this for about two years he became obsessed with the event, researching everything he could find on it.
