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[[Image:JLDavid.jpg|right|thumb|Self portrait, 1794.]]  
 
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'''Jacques-Louis David''' ([[Paris]] 1748 - [[Brussels]] 1825), French painter. He was one of the most prominent painters of the Neo-classical movement. The earliest Neoclassical painters were Joseph-Marie Vien, Anton Raphael Mengs, Pompeo Batoni, Angelica Kauffmann, and Gavin Hamilton, David's contemporaries included Jean-Germain Drouais.  
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'''Jacques-Louis David''' ([[Paris]] 1748 - [[Brussels]] 1825) was a French painter. He was one of the most prominent painters and the leader in [[France]] of the [[Neoclassical|Neo-Classical]] movement. The earliest Neoclassical painters were [[Joseph Marie Vien]], [[Anton Raphael Mengs]], Pompeo Batoni, Angelica Kauffmann, and Gavin Hamilton, David's contemporaries included Jean-Germain Drouais. In 1774, he was awarded with the [[Prix de Rome]] with his "Erasistratus Discovering the Cause of Antiochus' Disease".
  
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David painted in [[Rome]] is famous ''Oath of the Horatii''. During Napoleon I's regimen he developed an Empire style. At this time David painted ''Napoleon Crossing the Alps'' and became the official court painter of the regime. He was then commissioned for painting ''The Coronation of Napoleon in Notre Dame''.
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David painted in [[Rome]] is famous ''Oath of the Horatii''.  
  
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His last masterpiece was ''Mars Disarmed by Venus and the Three Graces.''
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[[Image:David OathHoratti.jpg|left|200px|Oath of the Horatii, 1784.]]
  
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He was dictator of the arts after the execution of Louis XVI. During [[Napoleon]] I's regimen he developed an Empire style. At this time David painted ''Napoleon Crossing the Alps'' and became the official court painter of the regime. He was then commissioned for painting ''The Coronation of Napoleon in Notre Dame''.
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David's composition, characterized by the predominance of verticals and horizontals suggests stability. His economy of details projects [[Ascesis|austerity]], yet his sense of color and light give light to his work. His last masterpiece was ''Mars Disarmed by Venus and the Three Graces.''
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== "Petite" Gallery ==
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[[Image:Marat-David.jpg|left|Death of Marat, 1793.]]
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[[Image:David - Napoleon.jpg|right|Napoleon Crossing the Alps, 1801.]] 
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[[Image:Recamier David g.jpg|center]]
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Portrait of Madame Récamier painted in 1800. </center>
  
 
== See also ==
 
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[[File:David Portrait de Madame de Verninac Louvre 1799.jpg|thumb|200px|Portrait de Madame de Verninac, 1799.]]
  
 
*[[Painting Masterpieces]]
 
*[[Painting Masterpieces]]
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*[[Painting Schools]]
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*[[Philosopher]]
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*[[French Revolution]]
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*[[Gallery of French Masterpieces]]
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*[[Academic Art]]
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[[Image:David. Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I.jpg|left|thumb|The Coronation of Napoleon in Notre Dame]]
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== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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[[File:David La morte di Seneca 1773.jpg|thumb|280px|The Death of Seneca, 1773.]]
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*[http://www.all-art.org/neoclasscism/david1.html J. L. David at all-art.org] HISTORY OF ART.
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*[http://www.answers.com/topic/jacques-louis-david Jacques-Louis David] Answers.com
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*[http://www.thecaveonline.com/APEH/horatti.html OATH OF THE HORATTI]
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*[http://instruct.westvalley.edu/grisham/1b_neo.html Neo-Classicism]
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*[http://www.jacqueslouisdavid.org/ Jacques Louis David - The complete works.]
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[[File:David The Death of Socrates.jpg|thumb|left|280px|The Death of Socrates, 1787.]]
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[[File:David The Sabine Women 1774.jpg|thumb|center|The Sabine Women Enforcing Peace by Running Between the Combatants, (detail), 1774.]]
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*[http://www.all-art.org/neoclasscism/david1.html J. L. David]
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[[Category:French Painters]]

Latest revision as of 23:52, January 28, 2020

Self portrait, 1794.

Jacques-Louis David (Paris 1748 - Brussels 1825) was a French painter. He was one of the most prominent painters and the leader in France of the Neo-Classical movement. The earliest Neoclassical painters were Joseph Marie Vien, Anton Raphael Mengs, Pompeo Batoni, Angelica Kauffmann, and Gavin Hamilton, David's contemporaries included Jean-Germain Drouais. In 1774, he was awarded with the Prix de Rome with his "Erasistratus Discovering the Cause of Antiochus' Disease".

David painted in Rome is famous Oath of the Horatii.

Oath of the Horatii, 1784.

He was dictator of the arts after the execution of Louis XVI. During Napoleon I's regimen he developed an Empire style. At this time David painted Napoleon Crossing the Alps and became the official court painter of the regime. He was then commissioned for painting The Coronation of Napoleon in Notre Dame.

David's composition, characterized by the predominance of verticals and horizontals suggests stability. His economy of details projects austerity, yet his sense of color and light give light to his work. His last masterpiece was Mars Disarmed by Venus and the Three Graces.

"Petite" Gallery

 
 


 
Portrait of Madame Récamier painted in 1800.

See also

 
Portrait de Madame de Verninac, 1799.


 
The Coronation of Napoleon in Notre Dame

External links

 
The Death of Seneca, 1773.


 
The Death of Socrates, 1787.
 
The Sabine Women Enforcing Peace by Running Between the Combatants, (detail), 1774.
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