Ideas
- A father is telling his son's what to do, morally one should follow what their father tells them.
- Morality is something that can be known.
- The father tells his son's to kill the son's of the enemy family.
- The women do not back the son's up because they are guided by emotions.
- One of the sons swears an oath to his father to go kill his wife's brother.
- David wants a political world that is right, perfect, and fair.
- He believes that everything that is immoral, must be destroyed, and morality must be understood.
Visual Expression
- The swords are as clear and as sharp as morality.
- The father's robes are lightly colored, rather than passionately dark colored, showing reason over passion.
- The women are illustrates by lightly flowing lines and pastel colors to demonstrate that they are Rococo, they are guided by their emotions rather than by reason.
Moral Lesson
Political Background
- France is a horrible political situation, and many people desire a Roman style of government.
Jacques Louis David's Death of Socrates
Ideas and Beliefs
- Socrates decides that he is going to kill himself, for it is morally right.
- Socrates followers are emotionally upset about Socrates decision.
Visually Expressed
Moral Lesson
- One should die for what is morally right.
Political Background
French Revolution
David
- He was a revolutionary painter who was creating paintings that promoted government reform to reflect the government of the Greeks and the Romans.
Ideas
- France is in Debt after helping assist the US in the American Revolution.
- The Business men driving the economy of France are being taxed heavily, so to avoid being taxed heavily, they buy royal titles to avoid being taxed.
- The Church and Nobility have a lot of money and land.
- The Church and Nobility don't pay taxes
- The Church does not farm their land
- People are starving due to lack of food.
- No one with money can be taxed, so now only the poor people are able to be taxed.
- The Church votes together, and controls the government over the business men, who are the only ones who are truly contributing to the economy.
The Goal of the French Revolution
- To create heaven on Earth through reason
Jacques-Louis David's Death of Marat
Ideas and Beliefs
- Marat wants equality, everything he does is to serve the people.
- Marat is murdered.
- Marat died in his journey to serve the people.
- Marat died to do what he felt is morally right.
- David is painting the truth, he is painting facts, and these facts are drawing emotion.
Visual Expression
- Illustrated as a Martyrd
- Portrayal of facts in order to invoke emotion
- Light is drawn across the wall realistically, in a very shocking and jarring way.
Ideas and Beliefs
- France is surrounded by people who want monarchies and tyranny.
- Napoleon spread the idea of Napoleonic law, in which everyone is to be treated equally across everywhere he goes.
- When Napoleon is defeated, places go back to being monarchies.
- After all of Napoleon's efforts, everything became a monarchy again.
Visual Expression
- Heavy Boroque Style, with inspiration from a Brunellecshi Statue
Neoclassical
Cultural Beliefs
- You should follow reason and do what is right.
- Morality is something that can be known.
- The Template of Morality is the Family, with the Father being the Head of the Family, and Women being unreasonable and passionate.
- One should not be motivated by passion, but by reason.
How They Are Visually Expressed
- Subject matter must be of ancient roman history
- Must be Archaelogically Accurate
- Has a High Moral Message
- Uses Roman style similar to ancient Freezes
- Individuals who are passionate and very Rococo are drawn with flowing lines and pastel colors.
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