Timeline - Getty

1748 Jacques-Louis David is born on August 30 1766 Begins studying at the French Royal Academy, where he achieves the title of peintre d’histoire (history painter), charged with creating epic visual narratives drawn from ancient history, literature, and myth 1774 David is awarded the Prix de Rome

of the day, Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Louis David was the leading French painter of the neoclassical movement who made many of the Revolution’s most memorable images He was instrumental in the abolition of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, and he voted for the king’s death Despite his involvement in radical politics, David survived the Terror,

DAVID AND NAPOLÉON

DAVID AND NAPOLEON: AN IMAGE-MAKER AND HIS ICON Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825) was the preeminent French artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) was one of the most influential military leaders of all times While David was fascinated by the military

#10841 Vaughan Intro PDF

Meanwhile, on 12 July Jacques-Louis David, a prominent Jacobin, indeed president of its club for a month in the summer of 1793, deputy to the Convention and powerful member of the Committee of Public Instruction, was visiting his friend, Marat, INTRODUCTION 3

Teaching Resource

Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825) Bonaparte Crossing the Alps at Grand St -Bernard Pass, 1801 Oil on canvas, 102 x 87 in (261 x 221 cm) Châteaux de Malmaison et Bois-Preau, Reuil-Malmaison, France, inv 49 71

La Muerte de Socrates, Analisis

realidad según Jacques-Louis David basado en el texto El Dialogo Sobre el Alma de Platón, donde relata la muerte real de Sócrates, a su vez la obra también trata de tema funerario, pues es retratado momentos antes de la muerte de Sócrates, finalmente la obra también tiene