Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Honor


Oath of the Horatii by Jacques-Louis David, Musee de Louvre, Paris.

By painting an ancient historical subject, David was hoping to encourage people to look back at the ancient world and model their actions on that society which had been held-up by many at this time as an example to be emulated. This work helped launch the Neoclassical movement.

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