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<p>Oath of the Horatii</p>

Oath of the Horatii

  • The Story: Depicts a Roman legend from the conflict between Rome and Alba. Instead of a full-scale war, the two cities agreed to send three champions each: the three Roman Horatii brothers and the three Alban Curiatii brothers.

  • The Action: The three brothers salute and swear an oath to their father, pledging to fight and die for Rome, while the women on the right (including a sister engaged to one of the Curiatii) mourn the impending tragedy.

  • Enlightenment & Civic Virtue: Promotes rationalism, stoicism, and the supreme duty of sacrificing personal emotion for the greater good (patriotism/civic virtue).

  • Revolutionary Symbolism: Although painted under royal patronage, the painting's call to duty and resistance resonated deeply with the public on the eve of the French Revolution (1789).


<ul><li><p><span><strong>The Story:</strong> Depicts a Roman legend from the conflict between Rome and Alba. Instead of a full-scale war, the two cities agreed to send three champions each: the three Roman <strong>Horatii brothers</strong> and the three Alban <strong>Curiatii brothers</strong>.</span></p></li><li><p><span><strong>The Action:</strong> The three brothers salute and swear an oath to their father, pledging to fight and die for Rome, while the women on the right (including a sister engaged to one of the Curiatii) mourn the impending tragedy.</span></p></li><li><p><span><strong>Enlightenment &amp; Civic Virtue:</strong> Promotes rationalism, stoicism, and the supreme duty of sacrificing personal emotion for the greater good (patriotism/civic virtue).</span> </p></li><li><p><span><strong>Revolutionary Symbolism:</strong> Although painted under royal patronage, the painting's call to duty and resistance resonated deeply with the public on the eve of the <strong>French Revolution (1789)</strong>.</span></p></li></ul><p></p>
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<p>Death of Marat</p>

Death of Marat

  • Subject: Depicts the radical French revolutionary journalist and Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat lying dead in his medicinal bathtub after being assassinated by Charlotte Corday (a Girondin sympathizer/royalist) on July 13, 1793.

  • Function & Propaganda: Commissioned as revolutionary propaganda to turn Marat into a secular martyr for the French Republic, inspiring public grief and solidarity.

  • Marat’s limp arm and composition directly reference Michelangelo's Pietà to imply he made the ultimate sacrifice like Jesus

  • You can see another letter where Marat gives money and writes to a grieving wife whose husband died in the revolution

  • NO EMPHASIS on Marat’s struggle/realism of the attack


<ul><li><p><span><strong>Subject:</strong> Depicts the radical French revolutionary journalist and Jacobin leader <strong>Jean-Paul Marat</strong> lying dead in his medicinal bathtub after being assassinated by <strong>Charlotte Corday</strong> (a Girondin sympathizer/royalist) on July 13, 1793.</span></p></li><li><p><span><strong>Function &amp; Propaganda:</strong> Commissioned as revolutionary propaganda to turn Marat into a secular martyr for the French Republic, inspiring public grief and solidarity.</span></p></li><li><p>Marat’s limp arm and composition directly reference <strong>Michelangelo's <em>Pietà</em></strong> to imply he made the ultimate sacrifice like Jesus </p></li><li><p><span>You can see another letter where Marat gives money and writes to a grieving wife whose husband died in the revolution</span></p></li><li><p><span>NO EMPHASIS on Marat’s struggle/realism of the attack</span></p></li></ul><p></p>
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<p>Apotheosis of Homer</p>

Apotheosis of Homer

  • Central Scene: The ancient Greek epic poet Homer is enthroned on a neoclassical temple staircase, being crowned with laurel by a personification of Victory (Nike)

  • Figures Present: A symmetrical gathering of great historical, literary, artistic, and philosophical figures paying homage to Homer, including Raphael, Apelles, Virgil, Dante, Van Gogh, Mozart

  • Inspiration: Modelled heavily after Raphael's Renaissance fresco The School of Athens, emphasizing symmetry, balance, rational order, and classicism


<ul><li><p><span><strong>Central Scene:</strong> The ancient Greek epic poet Homer is enthroned on a neoclassical temple staircase, being crowned with laurel by a personification of Victory (Nike) </span></p></li><li><p><span><strong>Figures Present:</strong> A symmetrical gathering of great historical, literary, artistic, and philosophical figures paying homage to Homer, including Raphael, Apelles, Virgil, Dante, Van Gogh, Mozart </span></p></li><li><p><span><strong>Inspiration:</strong> Modelled heavily after Raphael's Renaissance fresco <em>The School of Athens</em>, emphasizing symmetry, balance, rational order, and classicism</span></p></li></ul><p></p>
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