Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatti, 1784.

Allegory. Courage, patriotism, sturdyness, contrasting emotionalism of women.

Roman Arches, Shallow space-resembling relief sculpture,

*hard, linear clarity, sobriety, economy, moral uplift.

Jacques-Louis David, Death of Marat, 1793.

French, Neo-Classical

Memorial. Writer, medicinal bath, stabbed by Charlotte. Logical, spare. Compares to Michelangelo's Pieta. Marat Idealized.

Canova, Pauline Bonaparte as Venus, 1808

Neo-Classical, Italian

Napolean's sister (whore of Europe). Traditional reclining nude.

Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, 1785

American, Neo-Classical

Inspired by Architecture of the Italian Rennaisance.

Gros, Napoleon in the Presthouse at Jaffa, 1804.

French, Romantic

Similar to oath of horatti. Exoticism, muslim. Propaganda.

Ingres, Odalisque, 1814.

French, Romantic

Exotic, Erotic. Peacock featherfan. Contrast btw wrinkled fabric and smooth skin. Lack of anatomical realism.

Gericault, The Raft of the Medusa, 1818

French, Romantic

Grandfather law-inspired by Baroque Art, diagonal, dramatic dark/light

Neo-classical idealized figures.

Insanity, cannibalism (150 to 15)

Abolitionist sympathy (slave at pinnacle)

Delacroix, Death of Sardanapolus, 1826.

French, Romantic

Loose and spontaneous brushwork. Ingres thought it was the death of painting. Exotic and Erotic.

Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, 1830.

French, Romantic

Allegorical painting. Featuring common people. Overthrow of Charles X.

Phrygian Cap= Freed Slaves.

Friedrich, Monk by the Sea, 1810.

German, Romantic.

Spiritual trancendence in nature. Man's alienation, isolation.

Bayre, Lion Crushing a Serpent, 1833.

French, Romantic

French crushing aristocracy?

or Phillipe crushing Republican Anarchy.

primal aggression. no logic.

Francisco Goya, The Third of May, 1808, 1814.

Spanish, Romantic

Brute force over weak. Robotic, death troops. No heroism. Futility of religion: praying monk, church in background, Jesus figure.