Discuss the significance and meaning of The Oath of the Horatii by Jacques-Louis David

What will be an ideal response?


Essay responses should include these points:
• David emphasizes the message that civic responsibility must eclipse the joys of domestic life.
• David uses a Classical subject to convey a contemporary issue, the political unrest in France.
• The Oath of Horatii is considered Neoclassical, not just in its subject, but also in its composition.
• The female figures sharply contrast the attitude and strength of the male figures.
• The original Classical story relates to taking an oath to fight to the death, sacrificing oneself to save many others from entering battle.

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a. Paris b. London c. Munich d. Prague

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harp, and

a. guitars b. mandolins c. electric guitars d. piano e. violas

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Which of the following is an example of a Symbolist painting?

a. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s At the Moulin Rouge b. Eugène Delacroix’s The Death of Sardanapalus c. Edvard Munch’s The Scream d. Rodin’s The Thinker

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