Jacques Louis David’s, Death of Marat, was a groundbreaking painting of the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat, the radical revolutionary who condemned thousands to the scaffold during France’s Reign of Terror.
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00:00 - Introduction
00:52 - Who Was Jacques Louis David?
01:47 - The French Revolution, Inadequately Explained
05:05 - The Great Terror
07:03 - David's Role in the Revolution
08:38 - Marat's Role in the Revolution
09:10 - Who was the Murderess, Charlotte Corday?
10:28 - The Commission
11:02 - Reading the Work
11:48 - Religion in the Age of the Revolution
13:29 - Religious Imagery Re-Imagined
15:50 - Eliminating Charlotte Corday
16:55 - Beauty and Virtue
18:27 - The Evidence
18:45 - Marat's Work
20:26 - Concluding Thoughts
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