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
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