Jacques Louis David’s Oath of the Horatii defines the Neoclassical painting style. Creating a sensation due to its striking aesthetic, the work soon became a rallying point for the French as it embodied the ideals and vision of the Revolution.
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00:00 - Introduction
00:50 - Studying in Rome Changed David's Life and the Course of French Art
02:14 - Neo Classical Art Moves to Center Stage in France
03:41 - The message is as important to David as the aesthetic of Neoclassicism
05:24 - The Enlightenment Drives David's Message
06:23 - Denis Diderot calls for ‘virtuous art’
07:02 - A royal commission on loyalty to the state backfires spectacularly
08:06 - David’s journey to becoming the Minister of Propaganda
08:57 - What was the Salon?
09:57 - How were works judged for admission to the Salon?
10:51 - David plants stories of his demise to assure a good showing
11:35 -The Legend of the Horatii Brothers
13:52 - Reading David’s Oath of the Horatii
14:26 - Closed Composition
15:09 - Orthogonal lines
15:54 - Straight Lines
17:55 - The Gaze of the Characters
18:32 - Patterns of Three
19:47 - The Personal Connections of the Horatii & Curatii
22:24 - The Use of Color
23:46 - The Connection to the French Revolution
24:47 - A Second Copy of the Oath of the Horatii
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