During the French Revolution, many significant events took place. The beheadings of King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette, along with thousands of their aristocratic followers in 1792, was a pretty significant one because it meant the end of the terrible monarchy that was ruling over France. However, the change in the arts that the Revolution brought was probably the most important of all. From 1789-late 1790s, the people had enough of their country being bankrupt, and desperately wanted to limit the powers of the king, thusly creating a constitution. When the constitution failed, the revolutionists reached their breaking points and removed the king and his wife Marie Antoinette from office, and ultimately beheaded them. Any
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A good example of Neoclassical style is the painting, “Death of Marat”. Created by one of the most influential and important artists of the French Revolution, Jacques-Louis David in 1793, this painting holds a great deal of history. David was part of a revolutionary parliament, who supported the idea of the king’s execution. When one of his good friends, and famous revolutionary chief reporter, Jean-Paul Marat was murdered in his bathtub, the parliament ordered David to paint, portraying Marat as a martyr. The painting shows Marat in his tub, with the knife he was presumably stabbed with on the floor next to him. There is a writing table with a scroll on it next to the tub. One can tell from the unfinished writing that Marat was in the middle of one of his reports for the company that he was chief reporter for. This painting struck a hard chord in everyone, as it showed the harsh reality of life during the Revolution. There was nothing pretty or heartwarming about this painting, allowing David to get his message across perfectly of how serious times were, for everyone involved. Staying true to the Neoclassical style, “The Death of Marat” became one of David’s many masterpieces (Blomme,
A good example of Neoclassical style is the painting, “Death of Marat”. Created by one of the most influential and important artists of the French Revolution, Jacques-Louis David in 1793, this painting holds a great deal of history. David was part of a revolutionary parliament, who supported the idea of the king’s execution. When one of his good friends, and famous revolutionary chief reporter, Jean-Paul Marat was murdered in his bathtub, the parliament ordered David to paint, portraying Marat as a martyr. The painting shows Marat in his tub, with the knife he was presumably stabbed with on the floor next to him. There is a writing table with a scroll on it next to the tub. One can tell from the unfinished writing that Marat was in the middle of one of his reports for the company that he was chief reporter for. This painting struck a hard chord in everyone, as it showed the harsh reality of life during the Revolution. There was nothing pretty or heartwarming about this painting, allowing David to get his message across perfectly of how serious times were, for everyone involved. Staying true to the Neoclassical style, “The Death of Marat” became one of David’s many masterpieces (Blomme,